clearing /var/tmp in periodic.conf?

2012-11-29 Thread Gary Aitken
Any reasons why one should not clear /var/tmp via periodic.conf? ___ 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: clearing /var/tmp in periodic.conf?

2012-11-29 Thread Mark Felder
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:19:08 -0700 Gary Aitken free...@dreamchaser.org wrote: Any reasons why one should not clear /var/tmp via periodic.conf? There are lots of things put in /var/tmp that programs expect to be persistent. ___ freebsd-questions

Re: clearing /var/tmp in periodic.conf?

2012-11-29 Thread Fleuriot Damien
On Nov 29, 2012, at 5:19 PM, Gary Aitken free...@dreamchaser.org wrote: Any reasons why one should not clear /var/tmp via periodic.conf? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: clearing /var/tmp in periodic.conf?

2012-11-29 Thread Ilya Kazakevich
/var/tmp via periodic.conf? ___ 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: clearing /var/tmp in periodic.conf?

2012-11-29 Thread Jerry
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:19:08 -0700 Gary Aitken articulated: Any reasons why one should not clear /var/tmp via periodic.conf? From /etc/defaults/rc.conf clear_tmp_enable=NO # Clear /tmp at startup. clear_tmp_X=YES # Clear and recreate X11-related directories in /tmp populate_var=AUTO

Re: periodic.conf

2007-12-19 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 jekillen wrote: I copied a periodic.conf file from a v6.0 system to a v6.2 system. Is there any incompatibility that I should be aware of? Assuming you're not talking about /etc/defaults/periodic.conf, then it is unlikely you will have any

Re: periodic.conf

2007-12-19 Thread jekillen
On Dec 19, 2007, at 12:54 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 jekillen wrote: I copied a periodic.conf file from a v6.0 system to a v6.2 system. Is there any incompatibility that I should be aware of? Assuming you're not talking about /etc/defaults

periodic.conf

2007-12-18 Thread jekillen
Hello: I copied a periodic.conf file from a v6.0 system to a v6.2 system. Is there any incompatibility that I should be aware of? Thanks In Advance; Jeff K ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: Periodic.conf?

2007-10-25 Thread Gerard
/periodic.conf as such: daily_clean_hoststat_enable=NO daily_status_mail_rejects_enable=NO daily_status_include_submit_mailq=NO daily_submit_queuerun=NO However, there is no periodic.conf on my system: v6.2. There is a periodic directory with specific subdirectories. One is 'daily' but I do

Re: Periodic.conf?

2007-10-25 Thread jekillen
to be disabled. That is done within /etc/periodic.conf as such: daily_clean_hoststat_enable=NO daily_status_mail_rejects_enable=NO daily_status_include_submit_mailq=NO daily_submit_queuerun=NO However, there is no periodic.conf on my system: v6.2. There is a periodic directory with specific

Periodic.conf?

2007-10-24 Thread jekillen
Hello; The following was a response to a query I posted regarding how to switch over to Postfix from SendMail: Also, there are some periodic things that are ran which are SendMail specific that need to be disabled. That is done within /etc/periodic.conf as such: daily_clean_hoststat_enable

Re: Script with periodic.conf

2007-07-17 Thread Olivier Regnier
- weekly_doc_update_country=us - weekly_doc_update_supfile=/usr/local/etc/cvsup/doc-supfile - weekly_doc_update_logdir=/var/log/sys-update.log I have the same variables in my periodic.conf file in /etc/ directory. If i move the file in /usr/local/etc/periodic/weekly/, cron execute the script two times but if he

Script with periodic.conf

2007-07-16 Thread Olivier Regnier
- weekly_doc_update_logdir=/var/log/sys-update.log I have the same variables in my periodic.conf file in /etc/ directory. If i move the file in /usr/local/etc/periodic/weekly/, cron execute the script two times but if he is in /etc/periodic/weekly/ there are not problems. What happened ? Do you give

Re: Script with periodic.conf

2007-07-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- weekly_doc_update_supfile=/usr/local/etc/cvsup/doc-supfile - weekly_doc_update_logdir=/var/log/sys-update.log I have the same variables in my periodic.conf file in /etc/ directory. If i move the file in /usr/local/etc/periodic/weekly/, cron execute the script two times but if he is in /etc/periodic/weekly

Questions about periodic.conf file

2007-07-04 Thread Olivier Regnier
Hi everyone, I'm working on FreeBSD 6.2 and my question is, it is possible to use the periodic.conf file in /usr/local/etc/ directory ? My second question, if i create a empty periodic.conf, it is possible to include the /etc/defaults/periodic.conf file with a command line by example

Re: Questions about periodic.conf file

2007-07-04 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On July 4, 2007 6:14:48 PM +0200 Olivier Regnier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, I'm working on FreeBSD 6.2 and my question is, it is possible to use the periodic.conf file in /usr/local/etc/ directory ? Yes, of course. My second question, if i create a empty periodic.conf

Re: Questions about periodic.conf file

2007-07-04 Thread Olivier Regnier
Paul Schmehl a écrit : --On July 4, 2007 6:14:48 PM +0200 Olivier Regnier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, I'm working on FreeBSD 6.2 and my question is, it is possible to use the periodic.conf file in /usr/local/etc/ directory ? Yes, of course. My second question, if i create

Re: periodic.conf quieter

2007-07-02 Thread Richard Lynch
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 10:51:06AM -0500, Richard Lynch wrote: Thanks to the fine folks here, I've gotten periodic.conf to only output messages I need to know, *except* for this one: Security check: (output mailed separately) I've looked through /et/defaults/periodic.conf, Google

periodic.conf quieter

2007-06-13 Thread Richard Lynch
Thanks to the fine folks here, I've gotten periodic.conf to only output messages I need to know, *except* for this one: Security check: (output mailed separately) I've looked through /et/defaults/periodic.conf, Google a fair amount, and am still coming up empty with a setting to suppress

Re: periodic.conf quieter

2007-06-13 Thread Brian A. Seklecki
. daily_status_security_inline=NO # Run inline ? daily_status_security_output=root # user or /file On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 10:51 -0500, Richard Lynch wrote: Thanks to the fine folks here, I've gotten periodic.conf to only output messages I need to know, *except* for this one

Re: periodic.conf quieter

2007-06-13 Thread Kelvin Woods
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 10:51:06AM -0500, Richard Lynch wrote: Thanks to the fine folks here, I've gotten periodic.conf to only output messages I need to know, *except* for this one: Security check: (output mailed separately) I've looked through /et/defaults/periodic.conf, Google

4.9R changing MTA to Postfix - no periodic.conf

2004-04-23 Thread Danny
[2176]: fatal: unsupported: -bH Because I did not: Also, you will want to disable some Sendmail-specific daily maintenance routines in your /etc/periodic.conf file: daily_clean_hoststat_enable=NO daily_status_mail_rejects_enable=NO daily_status_include_submit_mailq=NO daily_submit_queuerun

Re: 4.9R changing MTA to Postfix - no periodic.conf

2004-04-23 Thread Bill Moran
/sendmail[2176]: fatal: unsupported: -bH Because I did not: Also, you will want to disable some Sendmail-specific daily maintenance routines in your /etc/periodic.conf file: daily_clean_hoststat_enable=NO daily_status_mail_rejects_enable=NO daily_status_include_submit_mailq=NO daily_submit_queuerun

Re: 4.9R changing MTA to Postfix - no periodic.conf

2004-04-23 Thread Danny
postfix/sendmail[2175]: fatal: unsupported: -bh Apr 23 03:01:01 mx1 postfix/sendmail[2176]: fatal: unsupported: -bH Because I did not: Also, you will want to disable some Sendmail-specific daily maintenance routines in your /etc/periodic.conf file: daily_clean_hoststat_enable

Re: 4.9R changing MTA to Postfix - no periodic.conf

2004-04-23 Thread Bill Moran
/etc/periodic.conf file: daily_clean_hoststat_enable=NO daily_status_mail_rejects_enable=NO daily_status_include_submit_mailq=NO daily_submit_queuerun=NO However, I do not have a periodic.conf. How is the periodic running without a config file? Could someone please show me there periodic.conf file

Re: 4.9R changing MTA to Postfix - no periodic.conf

2004-04-23 Thread Charles Swiger
On Apr 23, 2004, at 2:12 PM, Danny wrote: On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 11:51:28 -0400, Bill Moran wrote /etc/defaults/periodic.conf has all the default values for periodic. Defaults as a reference, or the defaults that are currently enforced even without /etc/periodic.conf? Yes, to both. The two aren't