Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 13:28:41 -0500 From: Alex Nash <alex@fa.tdktca.com> To: Rick Gray <rickg@nwpros.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/daily Message-ID: <31C6F559.3621A66B@fa.tdktca.com> References: <1.5.4.32.19960618170611.00698204@nwpros.com>
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Rick Gray wrote:
>
> It's me again.
>
> I've been getting this error message of not having the cleaning of / in
> /etc/daily enabled. How do you enable it? I've looked at /etc/daily and
> still confused.
You can enable it by uncommenting (removing the pound signs from) the 4
lines of code following the warning message. Thus it would look like this:
# This is not safe, you need to decide what is appropriate for your
# system. Leave a warning note for now.
#echo "You did not enable the cleaning of / in /etc/daily!"
#
find / ! -fstype local -a -prune -o \
\( -name '[#,]*' -o -name '.#*' -o -name a.out -o -name *.core \
-o -name '*.CKP' -o -name '.emacs_[0-9]*' \) \
-a -atime +3 -exec rm -f -- {} \;
Note that I've also commented out the warning.
> BTW--what exactly does this do?
It removes core files, editor temp files, and various other clutter-up-
your-filesystem type files that are over 3 days old.
As the warning states, this is not 100% safe. In fact the version
in -current says:
# This is a security hole, never use 'find' on a public directory
# with -exec rm -f as root. This can be exploited to delete any file
# on the system.
You may wish to search the archives for a further description of this
security hole.
Alex
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