Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 10:55:30 +0200 From: Nelis Lamprecht <nelis@8ball.co.za> To: Edd <list@arameus.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Periodic configuration Message-ID: <1086166530.2117.5.camel@nelis.brabys.co.za> In-Reply-To: <200406020845.i528j3h25965@server1.web-mania.com> References: <200406020845.i528j3h25965@server1.web-mania.com>
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--=-TkZzWD5obZv5Og2GJwEf Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 10:45, Edd wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to cut down on the amount of mail I recieve in my root > mailbox. I kno this could be done by turning off the periodic tasks. I > am happy to tuen off the status daily, but would still like to recieve > the security mail ONLY when something is out of the norm. I have looked > at making a periodic.conf, but dont really know how to go about this. > Can anyone help? Hi! Copy the periodic.conf file from your /etc/defaults directory to /etc and then edit to your liking. You can also turn off the default to mail the output and have it log to a file instead. eg. daily_output=3D"/var/log/daily.log" Cheers, --=20 Nelis Lamprecht PGP: http://www.8ball.co.za/pgpkey/nelis.asc "Unix IS user friendly.. It's just selective about who its friends are." --=-TkZzWD5obZv5Og2GJwEf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBAvZYCQfIMKiRMCrERAi/YAJ926++DcLnVxTFwDkOCZup6l3Eg+wCgtqH7 Ps2Kvgvew0YNG/DmDBEqSBc= =YUqt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-TkZzWD5obZv5Og2GJwEf--
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