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Date:      Tue, 11 Jun 2019 06:36:38 -0600
From:      "@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com>
To:        FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Daily Security is compiling about my backup drive
Message-ID:  <184B84B0-C4F9-4DC5-9F55-98B26422EE37@kreme.com>
In-Reply-To: <D49BD090-6325-4918-A8D7-90BB28BA714F@kreme.com>
References:  <D49BD090-6325-4918-A8D7-90BB28BA714F@kreme.com>

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On May 31, 2019, at 6:09 AM, @lbutlr <kremels@kreme.com> wrote:
> The Daily Security update email that FreeBS generates is reporting a =
lot of error on my /mnt/backup drive (like setuid errors). Is there a =
way to let the periodic process ignore this mount point?

I=E2=80=99ve been looking for information on how to do this, and have =
come up empty.

It=E2=80=99s about 1000 lines every day.

/etc/periodic/security/100.chksetuid is the file that runs the check, =
but I am hesitant to edit the file.

I can disable the check entirely

/etc/defaults/periodic.conf:security_status_chksetuid_enable=3D=E2=80=9CYE=
S"

But I only want to exclude /mnt/backup from the check. It appears the =
only thing I could do is exclude /usr/local/bin from my backups (which I =
can=E2=80=99t do as many of those executables are custom local binaries =
and scripts) or to edit the 100.chksetuid file and set $MP manually.

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