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NAME

daily, daily.confdaily 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

HISTORY

The /etc/daily.conf file appeared in NetBSD 1.3.
July 30, 2012 NetBSD 7.0