daily(5) [netbsd man page]
DAILY(5) BSD File Formats Manual DAILY(5) NAME
daily, daily.conf -- daily maintenance DESCRIPTION
The /etc/daily script is run, by default, every night on a NetBSD system. The /etc/daily.conf file specifies which of the standard daily services are performed. The variables described below can be set to ``YES'' or ``NO'' in the /etc/daily.conf file. Most default to ``YES'', but not all. Check the /etc/defaults/daily.conf file if you are in doubt. (Note that you should never edit /etc/defaults/daily.conf directly, as it is often replaced during system upgrades.) find_core This runs find(1) over the entire local filesystem, looking for core files. run_msgs This runs msgs(1) with the -c argument. expire_news This runs the /etc/expire.news script. purge_accounting This ages accounting files in /var/account. run_calendar This runs calendar(1) with the -a argument. check_disks This uses the df(1) and dump(8) to give disk status, and also reports failed raid(4) components. show_remote_fs In check_disks, show remote file systems, which are not reported on by default. check_mailq This runs mailq(1). check_network This runs netstat(1) with the -i argument, and also checks the rwhod(8) database, and runs ruptime(1) if there are hosts in /var/rwho. full_netstat By default, check_network outputs a summarized version of the netstat(1) report. If a full version of the output run with the -inv options is desired, set this variable. run_fsck This runs fsck(8) with the -n option. run_rdist This runs rdist(1) with /etc/Distfile. run_security This runs the /etc/security script looking for possible security problems with the system. run_skeyaudit Runs the skeyaudit(1) program to check the S/Key database and informs users of S/Keys that are about to expire. run_makemandb If the /etc/man.conf file exists, runs the makemandb(8) utility to update the man.db database for use by apropos(1). fetch_pkg_vulnerabilities Refreshes the local database of package vulnerabilities. See the settings in security.conf(5) for details on the actual package checks. The variables described below can be set to modify the tests: find_core_ignore_fstypes Lists filesystem types to ignore during the find_core phase. Prefixing the type with a '!' inverts the match. For example, 'procfs !local' will ignore 'procfs' type filesystems and filesystems that are not 'local'. find_core_ignore_paths Lists paths to ignore during the find_core phase. For example, '/export' will not descend into any directories under the '/export' hierarchy. This, on a file server, allows to skip user data while still scanning system files. run_fsck_flags Extra options to be passed to fsck(8) if run_fsck is enabled. send_empty_security If set, the report generated by the run_security phase will always be sent, even if it is empty. pkgdb_dir DEPRECATED. Please set PKGDB_DIR in pkg_install.conf(5) instead. If defined, points to the location of the packages database. Defaults to /var/db/pkg. FILES
/etc/daily daily maintenance script /etc/daily.conf daily maintenance configuration /etc/defaults/daily.conf default settings, overridden by /etc/daily.conf /etc/daily.local local site additions to /etc/daily SEE ALSO
monthly(5), security.conf(5), weekly(5) HISTORY
The /etc/daily.conf file appeared in NetBSD 1.3. BSD
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NEWS.DAILY(8) System Manager's Manual NEWS.DAILY(8) NAME
news.daily - do regular Usenet system administration SYNOPSIS
news.daily [ keyword... ] DESCRIPTION
News.daily performs a number of important Usenet administrative functions. This includes producing a status report, removing old news articles, processing log files, rotating the archived log files, renumbering the active file, removing any old socket files found in the <pathrun in inn.conf> directory, and collecting the output. This program should be run under the news administrator's id, not as root. By default, news.daily performs all of its functions and mails the output to the news administrator, <USER specified with --with-news-mas- ter at configure>. By specifying ``keywords'' on the command line, it is possible to modify the functions performed, as well as change the arguments given to expire(8) and expireover(8). News.daily should be run once a day, typically out of cron(8). It may be run more often, but such invocations should at least use the ``norotate'' keyword to prevent the log files from being processed and rotated too fast. The shlock(1) program is used to prevent simultaneous executions. KEYWORDS
The following keywords may be used: delayrm This uses the ``-z'' flag when invoking expire and expireover. The names of articles to be removed are written to a temporary file, and then renamed after expiration by calling expirerm(8). If the ``delayrm'' keyword is specified, the ``expireover'' keyword is specified implicitly. expctl=path Specify the file to use as the expire.ctl(5) file for expire. expdir=path By default, expire builds the new history(5) file and database in the same directory as the current files. Using this keyword spec- ifies a different local to build the new files (by passing the ``-d'' flag to expire), which will then be moved to the right loca- tion when finished. nostat This keyword disables the status report generated by innstat (see newslog(8)). Without this keyword, the status report is the first function performed, just prior to obtaining the news.daily lock. notdaily By default news.daily expects to be run only once a day, and it does various things (like rotating logs) that normally should only be done on daily basis. Use this keyword any extra times news.daily is run in the day and the normal logfile processing (and rota- tion) will not be done. noexpire By default, expire is invoked to remove old news articles. Using this keyword disables this function. noexpireover By default, expireover is invoked to remove old overview database, if enableoverview is set in inn.conf(5). Using this keyword dis- ables this function. noexplog Expire normally appends information to <pathlog in inn.conf>/expire.log (see newslog(5)). Using this keyword causes the expire out- put to be handled as part of news.daily's output. It has no effect if the ``noexpire'' keyword is used. flags='expire args' By default, expire is invoked with the an argument of ``-v1''. Using this keyword changes the arguments to those specified. Be careful to use quotes if multiple arguments are needed. This keyword has no effect if the ``noexpire'' keyword is used. nologs After expiration, scanlogs(8) is invoked to process the log files. Using this keyword disables all log processing functions. norotate By default, log processing includes rotating and cleaning out log files. Using this keyword disables the rotating and cleaning aspect of the log processing: the logs files are only scanned for information and no contents are altered. This keyword has no effect if the ``nologs'' keyword is used. The ``norotate'' keyword is passed on to scanlogs if it is invoked. norenumber This keyword disables the ctlinnd(8) renumber operation. Normally, the low-water mark for all newsgroups (see active(5)) is reset. norm By default, any socket ctlinnd socket that has not been modified for two days will be removed. Using this keyword disables this function. nomail News.daily normally sends a mail message containing the results to the administrator. Using this keyword causes this message to be sent to stdout and stderr instead. Normally, all utilities invoked by the script have their stdout and stderr redirected into a file. If the file is empty, no message is sent. expireover The expireover program is called after expiration to purge the overview databases. If no overview data is created, the ``expire- over'' keyword is not needed. This is the case that the server runs only for feeder(no reader). expireoverflags='expireover args' If the ``expireover'' keyword is used, this keyword may be used to specify the flags to be passed to expireover. If the ``delayrm'' keyword is used, then the default value is ``-z'' and the list of deleted files; otherwise, the default value is ``-s''. /full/path The program specified by the given path is executed just before any expiration is done. A typical use is to specify an alternate expiration program and use the ``noexpire'' keyword. Multiple programs may be specified; they will be invoked in order. postexec='post executed program' The program specified by the given path is executed just after all expiration is done. Multiple programs may be specified; they will be invoked in order. lowmark If the ``lowmark'' keyword is used, ctlinnd(8) lowmark is used for renumbering active(5). Normal ctlinnd(8) renumber operation will take long time. With ``lowmark'' keyword this will take less time. If the ``lowmark'' keyword is used, ``norenumber'' keyword is not needed, since news.daily specifies it implicitly. tmpdir=path Sets the environment variable TMPDIR to the specified path. Various parts of the expire process, such as sort, will then use this path as the directory for temporary files. HISTORY
News.daily and this manual page written by Landon Curt Noll <chongo@toad.com> and Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net>. This is revision 1.11.2.2, dated 2000/10/12. SEE ALSO
active(5), ctlinnd(8), expire(8), fastrm(8), inn.conf(5), newslog(5), newslog(8), innwatch.ctl(5), shlock(1). NEWS.DAILY(8)