From owner-freebsd-arch Fri Jun 16 16:56:20 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from Awfulhak.org (tun.AwfulHak.org [194.242.139.173]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B60ED37B81B for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 16:56:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@hak.lan.awfulhak.org [172.16.0.12]) by Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA09335; Sat, 17 Jun 2000 00:51:05 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA48925; Sat, 17 Jun 2000 00:51:02 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <200006162351.AAA48925@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Olaf Hoyer Cc: Brian Somers , freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: configuring periodic services In-Reply-To: Message from Olaf Hoyer of "Sat, 17 Jun 2000 01:20:10 +0200." <4.1.20000617011658.00a5a9a0@mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 00:51:00 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This stuff began as just a bunch of things to do daily. It was split up into the various /etc/periodic scripts and directories some time ago so that it could be managed more easily. Cron runs /usr/sbin/periodic. I have no intentions to change the way /usr/sbin/periodic is invoked. > At 00:03 17.06.00 +0100, Brian Somers wrote: > >I would like to implement an /etc/periodic.conf, > >/etc/defaults/periodic.conf scheme that will contain variables to > >control periodic jobs, in the same way that $clear_daily_* have just > >started doing in rc.conf. > Hi! > > Please help a poor beginner to understand the differences of the job cron > does, and above picture... > > Or do you intend to help to get rid of cron for certain scenarii, thus > increasing security of the system? > > Regards > Olaf Hoyer > -------- > Olaf Hoyer www.nightfire.de mailto:Olaf.Hoyer@nightfire.de > FreeBSD- Turning PC's into workstations ICQ:22838075 > > Liebe und Hass sind nicht blind, aber geblendet vom Feuer, > dass sie selber mit sich tragen. (Nietzsche) -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message