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daily, daily.confdaily 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.)

This runs find(1) over the entire local filesystem, looking for core files.
This runs msgs(1) with the -c argument.
This runs the /etc/expire.news script.
This ages accounting files in /var/account.
This runs calendar(1) with the -a argument.
This uses the df(1) and dump(8) to give disk status, and also reports failed raid(4) components.
In check_disks, show remote file systems, which are not reported on by default.
This runs mailq(1).
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.
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.
This runs fsck(8) with the -n option.
This runs rdist(1) with /etc/Distfile.
This runs the /etc/security script looking for possible security problems with the system.
Runs the skeyaudit(1) program to check the S/Key database and informs users of S/Keys that are about to expire.
If the /etc/man.conf file exists, runs the makemandb(8) utility to update the man.db database for use by apropos(1).
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:

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’.
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.
Extra options to be passed to fsck(8) if run_fsck is enabled.
If set, the report generated by the run_security phase will always be sent, even if it is empty.
. 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

monthly(5), security.conf(5), weekly(5)

The /etc/daily.conf file appeared in NetBSD 1.3.

July 30, 2012 NetBSD-9.2