Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:41:38 -0500 From: CyberLeo Kitsana <cyberleo@cyberleo.net> To: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Periodic scripts running twice Message-ID: <48982052.8030801@cyberleo.net> In-Reply-To: <20080804220134.339cb529@gumby.homeunix.com.> References: <489748B0.8050708@cyberleo.net> <20080804220134.339cb529@gumby.homeunix.com.>
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RW wrote: > On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:21:36 -0500 > CyberLeo Kitsana <cyberleo@cyberleo.net> wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> For a while, I've noticed odd behavior with periodic scripts >> installed by certain ports (portaudit) as well as ones I've penned >> myself (corescan), in that they appear to be run twice in succession >> every time. >> >> Base system scripts, and some add-on scripts (freshclam) are run only >> once, even in the same periodic batch. >> >> Is there some end state the script is expected to be in to signal >> periodic of a successful run? >> >> (Incl: Sample email, weekly.txt) >> >> Thanks! > > Is this a long-standing problem? It sounds like you > didn't fully complete the UPDATING instruction for the 20070519 xorg > update, and /usr/local/etc/periodic is being access both directly > and via the /usr/X11R6 symlink. > > Try adding local_periodic="/usr/local/etc/periodic" > to /etc/periodic.conf The box in question doesn't even have X, as it's a headless server in a colo someplace. It's been this way since I installed the periodic scripts. I have no idea what that symlink is even doing there, unless 'make distdirs distribution' creates it now. Either way, I've added the local_periodic directive to /etc/periodic.conf. We'll see what happens when periodic runs tonight. Thanks! -- Fuzzy love, -CyberLeo Technical Administrator CyberLeo.Net Webhosting http://www.CyberLeo.Net <CyberLeo@CyberLeo.Net> Furry Peace! - http://wwww.fur.com/peace/
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