Restricting Periodic Scripts
I have a FreeBSD ZFS file server with tens of millions of files stored on it. But, the daily periodic scripts like /etc/periodic/security/110.neggrpperm and /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate take hours iterating through those folders, and I just don't need them to be scanned. I see that I can edit /etc/locate.rc to fix the behavior for /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate but I don't see a way to exclude folders from other scripts like /etc/periodic/security/110.neggrpperm from scanning them. Is there any way to prune out folders that I don't want scanned, or should I just disable those jobs? -- Tim Gustafson t...@ucsc.edu 831-459-5354 Baskin Engineering, Room 313A ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Restricting Periodic Scripts
On Wed, 6 Feb 2013 09:26:17 -0800, Tim Gustafson wrote: I have a FreeBSD ZFS file server with tens of millions of files stored on it. But, the daily periodic scripts like /etc/periodic/security/110.neggrpperm and /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate take hours iterating through those folders, and I just don't need them to be scanned. I see that I can edit /etc/locate.rc to fix the behavior for /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate but I don't see a way to exclude folders from other scripts like /etc/periodic/security/110.neggrpperm from scanning them. Is there any way to prune out folders that I don't want scanned, or should I just disable those jobs? You can disable them per /etc/periodic.conf (see examples in /etc/defaults/periodic.conf). To keep the functionality, but restrict it to a smaller amount of files, you could use the system's scripts as templates, make your own derivates (wich inclusion or exclusion rules) and place them in /usr/local/etc/periodic for the system to call them (which it will if they are present). You can add your custom configuration flags to /etc/periodic.conf and have your scripts source that file (like the system's scripts do). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Restricting Periodic Scripts
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2/6/13 12:26 PM, Tim Gustafson wrote: I have a FreeBSD ZFS file server with tens of millions of files stored on it. But, the daily periodic scripts like /etc/periodic/security/110.neggrpperm and /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate take hours iterating through those folders, and I just don't need them to be scanned. I see that I can edit /etc/locate.rc to fix the behavior for /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate but I don't see a way to exclude folders from other scripts like /etc/periodic/security/110.neggrpperm from scanning them. Is there any way to prune out folders that I don't want scanned, or should I just disable those jobs? Hi Tim, Have a look at this posting from 2012: http://forums.freebsd.org/archive/index.php/t-31846.html There is a patch for the script in there, but I didn't check to see if the author ever filed a PR. There's also a workaround that involves using the nosuid mount option, if that is acceptable in your environment. Regards, Greg - -- Greg Larkin http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. http://twitter.com/cpucycle/ - Follow you, follow me -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlESmkAACgkQ0sRouByUApB2kgCfalTZRa5GQlAZjcNXq5qxfA3e 2rwAoLCMoscJYLVuevYLjZGj9qYiIjZD =3yUC -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Restricting Periodic Scripts
I have a FreeBSD ZFS file server with tens of millions of files stored on it. But, the daily periodic scripts like /etc/periodic/security/110.neggrpperm and /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate take hours iterating through those folders, and I just don't need them to be scanned. I see that I can edit /etc/locate.rc to fix the behavior for /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate but I don't see a way to exclude folders from other scripts like /etc/periodic/security/110.neggrpperm from scanning them. Is there any way to prune out folders that I don't want scanned, or should I just disable those jobs? Thanks to everyone who replied. I got some helpful suggestions from a few people, which all amounted to either disable the jobs or create your own custom version of those jobs. So for now, I'm just disabling them. I appreciate all the help. Thanks! -- Tim Gustafson t...@ucsc.edu 831-459-5354 Baskin Engineering, Room 313A ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
