From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 3 03:53:53 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57AED16A400 for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2007 03:53:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ceo@l-i-e.com) Received: from o2.hostbaby.com (o2.hostbaby.com [67.139.134.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3220F13C48C for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2007 03:53:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ceo@l-i-e.com) Received: (qmail 59695 invoked by uid 98); 3 Jul 2007 03:53:59 -0000 Received: from 127.0.0.1 by o2.hostbaby.com (envelope-from , uid 1013) with qmail-scanner-2.01 (clamdscan: 0.88.7/3574. Clear:RC:1(127.0.0.1):. Processed in 0.0780380000000001 secs); 03 Jul 2007 03:53:59 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO l-i-e.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 3 Jul 2007 03:53:58 -0000 Received: from 24.1.37.132 (SquirrelMail authenticated user ceo@l-i-e.com) by www.l-i-e.com with HTTP; Mon, 2 Jul 2007 22:53:58 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <3501.24.1.37.132.1183434838.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> In-Reply-To: <20070613212824.GA1221@zednaught.net> References: <34588.216.230.84.67.1181749866.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> <20070613212824.GA1221@zednaught.net> Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 22:53:58 -0500 (CDT) From: "Richard Lynch" To: "FreeBSD" User-Agent: Hostbaby Webmail MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Subject: Re: periodic.conf quieter X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ceo@l-i-e.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 03:53:53 -0000 > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 10:51:06AM -0500, Richard Lynch wrote: >> Thanks to the fine folks here, I've gotten periodic.conf to only >> output messages I need to know, *except* for this one: >> >> Security check: >> (output mailed separately) >> >> I've looked through /et/defaults/periodic.conf, Google a fair >> amount, >> and am still coming up empty with a setting to suppress that one... >> >> I'm probably just being stupid (again) but what am I missing? On Wed, June 13, 2007 11:38 am, Brian A. Seklecki wrote: > > # 450.status-security > daily_status_security_enable="YES" # Security > check > > ...probably no. > On Wed, June 13, 2007 4:28 pm, Kelvin Woods wrote: > You could always re-direct the output to a file... > > daily_status_security_output="/var/log/security.log" [coming back after a suitable wait for a response, I hope...] My goal is not to stop paying attention to security issues, nor to log them into a file I'll forget to ever check... :-) My goal is to get FreeBSD to shut up unless I need to know something. But do email me when I need to know something. Right now, it's like a little kid telling me every time he went to pee or something... :-v I'm trying the "inline" setting to yes for the security, so at least I'll only get one pointless email per day instead of two, but I'd really appreciate any insight from anybody who shares similar goals. TIA -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?