def METHOD_NAME(name, value):
    """
    Assign a single sysctl parameter for this minion
    CLI Example:
    .. code-block:: bash
        salt '*' sysctl.assign net.ipv4.ip_forward 1
    """
    value = str(value)
    tran_tab = name.translate("".maketrans("./", "/."))
    sysctl_file = "/proc/sys/{}".format(tran_tab)
    if not os.path.exists(sysctl_file):
        raise CommandExecutionError("sysctl {} does not exist".format(name))
    ret = {}
    _sysctl = "{}".format(_which("sysctl"))
    cmd = [_sysctl, "-w", "{}={}".format(name, value)]
    data = __salt__["cmd.run_all"](cmd, python_shell=False)
    out = data["stdout"]
    err = data["stderr"]
    # Example:
    #    # sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rmem="4096 87380 16777216"
    #    net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 4096 87380 16777216
    regex = re.compile(r"^{}\s+=\s+{}$".format(re.escape(name), re.escape(value)))
    if not regex.match(out) or "Invalid argument" in str(err):
        if data["retcode"] != 0 and err:
            error = err
        else:
            error = out
        raise CommandExecutionError("sysctl -w failed: {}".format(error))
    new_name, new_value = out.split(" = ", 1)
    ret[new_name] = new_value
    return ret