DAILY.CONF(5)

NAME
daily.conf - daily maintenance configuration file

DESCRIPTION
The daily.conf file specifies which of the standard /etc/daily services are performed. The /etc/daily script is run, by default, every night on a NetBSD system.

The variables described below can be set to "NO" to disable the test:

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_uucp
    This runs the /etc/uuclean.daily script, as the daemon user, and runs uustat(1) with the ``-a'' argument.

check_disks
    This uses the df(1) and dump(8) to give disk status.

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.

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.

FILES
/etc/daily /etc/daily.conf

SEE ALSO
weekly.conf(5), monthly.conf(5), security.conf(5)

HISTORY
The daily.conf file appeared in NetBSD 1.3.