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 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.

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

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

HISTORY

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