daily
, daily.conf
—
daily maintenance
The /etc/daily script is run, by default, every night on
a NetBSD system. The
/etc/daily.conf file specifies which of the standard
daily
services are performed.
The variables described below can be set to “YES” or
“NO” in the /etc/daily.conf file. Most
default to “YES”, but not all. Check the
/etc/defaults/daily.conf file if you are in doubt.
(Note that you should never edit
/etc/defaults/daily.conf directly, as it is often
replaced during system upgrades.)
- find_core
- This runs find(1) over the
entire local filesystem, looking for core files.
- run_msgs
- This runs msgs(1) with the
-c
argument.
- expire_news
- This runs the /etc/expire.news script.
- purge_accounting
- This ages accounting files in /var/account.
- run_calendar
- This runs calendar(1) with
the
-a
argument.
- check_disks
- This uses the df(1) and
dump(8) to give disk status,
and also reports failed
raid(4) components.
- show_remote_fs
- In check_disks, show remote file systems, which are not reported on by
default.
- check_mailq
- This runs mailq(1).
- check_network
- This runs netstat(1) with
the
-i
argument, and also checks the
rwhod(8) database, and runs
ruptime(1) if there are
hosts in /var/rwho.
- full_netstat
- By default, check_network outputs a summarized version
of the netstat(1) report.
If a full version of the output run with the
-inv
options is desired, set this variable.
- run_fsck
- This runs fsck(8) with the
-n
option.
- run_rdist
- This runs rdist(1) with
/etc/Distfile.
- run_security
- This runs the /etc/security script looking for
possible security problems with the system.
- run_skeyaudit
- Runs the skeyaudit(1)
program to check the S/Key database and informs users of S/Keys that are
about to expire.
- run_makemandb
- If the /etc/man.conf file exists, runs the
makemandb(8) utility to
update the man.db database for use by
apropos(1).
- fetch_pkg_vulnerabilities
- Refreshes the local database of package vulnerabilities. See the settings
in security.conf(5)
for details on the actual package checks.
The variables described below can be set to modify the tests:
- find_core_ignore_fstypes
- Lists filesystem types to ignore during the find_core
phase. Prefixing the type with a ‘!’ inverts the match. For
example, ‘
procfs !local
’ will ignore
‘procfs
’ type filesystems and
filesystems that are not
‘local
’.
- find_core_ignore_paths
- Lists paths to ignore during the find_core phase. For
example,
‘
/export
’
will not descend into any directories under the
‘/export
’
hierarchy. This, on a file server, allows to skip user data while still
scanning system files.
- run_fsck_flags
- Extra options to be passed to
fsck(8) if
run_fsck is enabled.
- send_empty_security
- If set, the report generated by the run_security phase
will always be sent, even if it is empty.
- pkgdb_dir
- DEPRECATED. Please set
PKGDB_DIR
in
pkg_install.conf(5)
instead.
If defined, points to the location of the packages database.
Defaults to /var/db/pkg.
- /etc/daily
- daily maintenance script
- /etc/daily.conf
- daily maintenance configuration
- /etc/defaults/daily.conf
- default settings, overridden by
/etc/daily.conf
- /etc/daily.local
- local site additions to /etc/daily
The /etc/daily.conf file appeared in
NetBSD 1.3.