Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:11:48 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting firewall logs via /etc/periodic/daily ? Message-ID: <4B51F354.1090608@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20100116165331.GK91835@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20100116165331.GK91835@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> I'd like to receive the firewall logs together
> with the usual /etc/periodic/daily email.
> What's the easiest/safest way to achieve this?
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> Shall I add my own script under /etc/periodic/daily?
> Shall I modify an existing script, e.g. 310.accounting?
Sure -- you can add your own scripts to the periodic jobs. For things th=
at
aren't part of the base system, the usual place is=20
/usr/local/etc/periodic/{daily,weekly,monthly,security}
If you decide to adapt one of the system scripts to do what you want, it'=
s
best to copy it to /usr/local/periodic/whatever/ and change the prefix of=
the
configuration variables inside it. When writing a periodic script, you
generally want the following boilerplate at the top of the file:
# If there is a global system configuration file, suck it in.
#
if [ -r /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ]
then
. /etc/defaults/periodic.conf
source_periodic_confs
fi
plus you should take care to set the return code of the script carefully:=
0 means 'everything OK', 1 means 'you might want to look at this output',=
2 means 'oops, you configured the script wrong' and >2 means 'it's all go=
ne
a bit pear shaped'. periodic(8) has more detail.
Cheers,
Matthew=20
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
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