NAME
daily
, daily.conf
— daily maintenance
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/daily script is run, by default, every night on a NetBSD system. The /etc/daily.conf file specifies which of the standarddaily
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.
FILES
- /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
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The /etc/daily.conf file appeared in NetBSD 1.3.