From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 4 10:50:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA28620 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 10:50:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from super-g.inch.com (super-g.com [207.240.140.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA28607 for ; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 10:50:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from spork@super-g.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by super-g.inch.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA12329; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 13:46:14 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 13:46:14 -0500 (EST) From: spork X-Sender: spork@super-g.inch.com To: Mike Smith cc: Brandon Gillespie , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/*.conf file for daily/weekly/security etc maintenance In-Reply-To: <199711040448.PAA01232@word.smith.net.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm not sure if you folks have seen this, but NetBSD has something like this for daily/weekly/monthly: # $NetBSD: daily.conf,v 1.2 1997/01/20 06:08:36 mycroft Exp $ # # see daily.conf(5) for more information. find_core=NO expire_news=NO purge_accounting=YES run_msgs=NO run_calendar=NO check_uucp=NO check_disks=YES check_mailq=NO check_network=YES run_fsck=NO run_rdist=NO run_security=YES It shouldn't matter too much where you put it, just so everything is all in one place... IMO, the NetBSD way is a bit messy as it adds three more files to an already-crowded /etc. Charles On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > > Just propose your extensions to rc.conf; everything should be in there. > > > > I thought about it, but is it appropriate? rc.conf is for startup things, > > no? regular maintenance.. *shrug* > > rc.conf is for general parametric information; whether it be startup or > periodic. Things like the named flags etc. are consumed by the named.* > scripts and so forth. > > Unless there's a _really_ compelling reason, rc.conf is the way to go. > > mike > >