1.\" $NetBSD: daily.5,v 1.2 2011/05/03 16:25:19 jruoho Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Matthew R. Green 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 15.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 16.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 17.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 18.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 19.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, 20.\" BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; 21.\" LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED 22.\" AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, 23.\" OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 24.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 25.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 26.\" 27.Dd May 3, 2011 28.Dt DAILY 5 29.Os 30.Sh NAME 31.Nm daily , 32.Nm daily.conf 33.Nd daily maintenance 34.Sh DESCRIPTION 35The 36.Pa /etc/daily 37script is run, by default, every night on a 38.Nx 39system. 40The 41.Pa /etc/daily.conf 42file specifies which of the standard 43.Nm 44services are performed. 45.Pp 46The variables described below can be set to 47.Dq YES 48or 49.Dq NO 50in the 51.Pa /etc/daily.conf 52file. 53Most default to 54.Dq YES , 55but not all. 56Check the 57.Pa /etc/defaults/daily.conf 58file if you are in doubt. 59(Note that you should never edit 60.Pa /etc/defaults/daily.conf 61directly, as it is often replaced during system upgrades.) 62.Bl -tag -width fetch_pkg_vulnerabilities 63.It Sy find_core 64This runs 65.Xr find 1 66over the entire local filesystem, looking for core files. 67.It Sy run_msgs 68This runs 69.Xr msgs 1 70with the 71.Fl c 72argument. 73.It Sy expire_news 74This runs the 75.Pa /etc/expire.news 76script. 77.It Sy purge_accounting 78This ages accounting files in 79.Pa /var/account . 80.It Sy run_calendar 81This runs 82.Xr calendar 1 83with the 84.Fl a 85argument. 86.It Sy check_disks 87This uses the 88.Xr df 1 89and 90.Xr dump 8 91to give disk status, and also reports failed 92.Xr raid 4 93components. 94.It Sy show_remote_fs 95In check_disks, show remote file systems, which are not reported on by 96default. 97.It Sy check_mailq 98This runs 99.Xr mailq 1 . 100.It Sy check_network 101This runs 102.Xr netstat 1 103with the 104.Fl i 105argument, and also checks the 106.Xr rwhod 8 107database, and runs 108.Xr ruptime 1 109if there are hosts in 110.Pa /var/rwho . 111.It Sy full_netstat 112By default, 113.Sy check_network 114outputs a summarized version of the 115.Xr netstat 1 116report. 117If a full version of the output run with the 118.Fl inv 119options is desired, set this variable. 120.It Sy run_fsck 121This runs 122.Xr fsck 8 123with the 124.Fl n 125option. 126.It Sy run_rdist 127This runs 128.Xr rdist 1 129with 130.Pa /etc/Distfile . 131.It Sy run_security 132This runs the 133.Pa /etc/security 134script looking for possible security problems with the system. 135.It Sy run_skeyaudit 136Runs the 137.Xr skeyaudit 1 138program to check the S/Key database and informs users of S/Keys that 139are about to expire. 140.It Sy fetch_pkg_vulnerabilities 141Refreshes the local database of package vulnerabilities. 142See the settings in 143.Xr security.conf 5 144for details on the actual package checks. 145.El 146.Pp 147The variables described below can be set to modify the tests: 148.Bl -tag -width check_network 149.It Sy find_core_ignore_fstypes 150Lists filesystem types to ignore during the 151.Sy find_core 152phase. 153Prefixing the type with a 154.Sq \&! 155inverts the match. 156For example, 157.Ql procfs !local 158will ignore 159.Ql procfs 160type filesystems and filesystems that are not 161.Ql local . 162.It Sy run_fsck_flags 163Extra options to be passed to 164.Xr fsck 8 165if 166.Sy run_fsck 167is enabled. 168.It Sy send_empty_security 169If set, the report generated by the 170.Sy run_security 171phase will always be sent, even if it is empty. 172.It Sy pkgdb_dir 173.Em DEPRECATED . 174Please set 175.Dv PKGDB_DIR 176in 177.Xr pkg_install.conf 5 178instead. 179.Pp 180If defined, points to the location of the packages database. 181Defaults to 182.Pa /var/db/pkg . 183.El 184.Sh FILES 185.Bl -tag -width /etc/defaults/daily.conf -compact 186.It Pa /etc/daily 187daily maintenance script 188.It Pa /etc/daily.conf 189daily maintenance configuration 190.It Pa /etc/defaults/daily.conf 191default settings, overridden by 192.Pa /etc/daily.conf 193.It Pa /etc/daily.local 194local site additions to 195.Pa /etc/daily 196.El 197.Sh SEE ALSO 198.Xr monthly 5 , 199.Xr security.conf 5 , 200.Xr weekly 5 201.Sh HISTORY 202The 203.Pa /etc/daily.conf 204file appeared in 205.Nx 1.3 . 206