Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 07:43:25 +0900 (JST) From: Yasuhiro KIMURA <yasu@utahime.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Three '450.status-security' scripts enabled by default Message-ID: <20171101.074325.435079995878776971.yasu@utahime.org> In-Reply-To: <20171031230333.K40402@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <mailman.77.1509451204.82665.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <20171031230333.K40402@sola.nimnet.asn.au>
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From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Subject: Re: Three '450.status-security' scripts enabled by default Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 00:13:36 +1100 (EST) > 450.status-security is run (YES) each of those times, but unless you set > variables in /etc/periodic.conf that override /etc/default/periodic.conf > settings, it'll still use the default of 'daily' for the various scripts > run by that one. See periodic.conf(5) and /etc/defaults/periodic.conf > near the end. > > I was curious as my (cough) 9.3 system precedes this feature, so dug > around to find this, which likely explains the rationale well enough: > > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=254974 > > Most people likely won't exercise this feature, if they know it exists. > > Oh, and whether using pkg(8) or source updating isn't relevant to this. Thank you for explanation. But in fact today I received 'monthry security run output' mail from my home server. And I also checked trash folder of my mailbox and confirmed that I recieved 'weekly security run output' mail on last Saturday. So there must be something that doesn't fit your explanation. --- Yasuhiro KIMURA
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