Date: 06 Jul 2000 02:09:32 +0200 From: Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@no-spam.citeweb.net> To: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, James Howard <howardjp@glue.umd.edu>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/security -> /etc/periodic/security ? Message-ID: <wvj0i0g3.fsf@pc166.gits.fr> In-Reply-To: Ben Smithurst's message of "Tue, 4 Jul 2000 13:07:44 %2B0100" References: <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> <200007040825.JAA03271@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> <20000704130744.D13714@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
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Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> writes: > Brian Somers wrote: > > >> Well, "periodic security" will work as long as /etc/periodic/security > >> exists, so I guess you just mean the docs need updating? I'll get to > >> that if someone is actually planning on committing this stuff. > >=20 > > Perhaps the best option is to do with the inline security option and=20 > > just run ``periodic security'' from cron ? I can commit the changes. > > I don't think there's really a problem with just running security > from daily. I can add a note that this is normal practice in the > manpage, and that security shouldn't be run separately unless you set > daily_security_enable=3DNO or whatever the option is. why not even something like security_enable=[YES|NO] and security_periode=[daily|weekly|monthly] defaulting to daily? Cyrille. -- home:mailto:clefevre@no-spam.citeweb.net Supprimer "no-spam." pour me repondre. work:mailto:Cyrille.Lefevre@no-spam.edf.fr Remove "no-spam." to answer me back. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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