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28.Dd May 30, 2012
29.Dt PERIODIC.CONF 5
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm periodic.conf
33.Nd periodic job configuration information
34.Sh DESCRIPTION
35The file
36.Nm
37contains a description of how daily, weekly and monthly system maintenance
38jobs should run.
39It resides in the
40.Pa /etc/defaults
41directory and parts may be overridden by a file of the same name in
42.Pa /etc ,
43which itself may be overridden by the
44.Pa /etc/periodic.conf.local
45file.
46.Pp
47The
48.Nm
49file
50is actually sourced as a shell script from each of the periodic scripts
51and is intended to simply provide default configuration variables.
52.Pp
53The following variables are used by
54.Xr periodic 8
55itself:
56.Bl -tag -offset 4n -width 2n
57.It Va local_periodic
58.Pq Vt str
59List of directories to search for periodic scripts.
60This list is always prefixed with
61.Pa /etc/periodic ,
62and is only used when an argument to
63.Xr periodic 8
64is not an absolute directory name.
65.It Ao Ar dir Ac Ns Va _output
66.Pq Vt path No or Vt list
67What to do with the output of the scripts executed from
68the directory
69.Ar dir .
70If this variable is set to an absolute path name, output is logged to
71that file, otherwise it is taken as one or more space separated email
72addresses and mailed to those users.
73If this variable is not set or is empty, output is sent to standard output.
74.Pp
75For an unattended machine, suitable values for
76.Va daily_output ,
77.Va weekly_output ,
78and
79.Va monthly_output
80might be
81.Dq Li /var/log/daily.log ,
82.Dq Li /var/log/weekly.log ,
83and
84.Dq Li /var/log/monthly.log
85respectively, as
86.Xr newsyslog 8
87will rotate these files (if they exists) at the appropriate times.
88.It Ao Ar dir Ac Ns Va _show_success
89.It Ao Ar dir Ac Ns Va _show_info
90.It Ao Ar dir Ac Ns Va _show_badconfig
91.Pq Vt bool
92These variables control whether
93.Xr periodic 8
94will mask the output of the executed scripts based on their return code
95(where
96.Ar dir
97is the base directory name in which each script resides).
98If the return code of a script is
99.Sq 0
100and
101.Ao Ar dir Ac Ns Va _show_success
102is set to
103.Dq Li NO ,
104.Xr periodic 8
105will mask the script's output.
106If the return code of a script is
107.Sq 1
108and
109.Ao Ar dir Ac Ns Va _show_info
110is set to
111.Dq Li NO ,
112.Xr periodic 8
113will mask the script's output.
114If the return code of a script is
115.Sq 2
116and
117.Ao Ar dir Ac Ns Va _show_badconfig
118is set to
119.Dq Li NO ,
120.Xr periodic 8
121will mask the script's output.
122If these variables are set to neither
123.Dq Li YES
124nor
125.Dq Li NO ,
126they default to
127.Dq Li YES ,
128.Dq Li YES
129and
130.Dq Li NO
131respectively.
132.Pp
133Refer to the
134.Xr periodic 8
135manual page for how script return codes are interpreted.
136.El
137.Pp
138The following variables are used by the standard scripts that reside in
139.Pa /etc/periodic/daily :
140.Bl -tag -offset 4n -width 2n
141.It Va daily_clean_disks_enable
142.Pq Vt bool
143Set to
144.Dq Li YES
145if you want to remove all files matching
146.Va daily_clean_disks_files
147daily.
148.It Va daily_clean_disks_files
149.Pq Vt str
150Set to a list of file names to match.
151Wild cards are permitted.
152.It Va daily_clean_disks_days
153.Pq Vt num
154When
155.Va daily_clean_disks_enable
156is set to
157.Dq Li YES ,
158this must also be set to the number of days old that a file's access
159and modification times must be before it is deleted.
160.It Va daily_clean_disks_verbose
161.Pq Vt bool
162Set to
163.Dq Li YES
164if you want the removed files to be reported in your daily output.
165.It Va daily_clean_tmps_enable
166.Pq Vt bool
167Set to
168.Dq Li YES
169if you want to clear temporary directories daily.
170.It Va daily_clean_tmps_dirs
171.Pq Vt str
172Set to the list of directories to clear if
173.Va daily_clean_tmps_enable
174is set to
175.Dq Li YES .
176.It Va daily_clean_tmps_days
177.Pq Vt num
178When
179.Va daily_clean_tmps_enable
180is set, this must also be set to the number of days old that a file's access
181and modification times must be before it is deleted.
182.It Va daily_clean_tmps_ignore
183.Pq Vt str
184Set to the list of files that should not be deleted when
185.Va daily_clean_tmps_enable
186is set to
187.Dq Li YES .
188Wild card characters are permitted.
189.It Va daily_clean_tmps_verbose
190.Pq Vt bool
191Set to
192.Dq Li YES
193if you want the removed files to be reported in your daily output.
194.It Va daily_clean_preserve_enable
195.Pq Vt bool
196Set to
197.Dq Li YES
198if you wish to remove old files from
199.Pa /var/preserve .
200.It Va daily_clean_preserve_days
201.Pq Vt num
202Set to the number of days that files must not have been modified before
203they are deleted.
204.It Va daily_clean_preserve_verbose
205.Pq Vt bool
206Set to
207.Dq Li YES
208if you want the removed files to be reported in your daily output.
209.It Va daily_clean_msgs_enable
210.Pq Vt bool
211Set to
212.Dq Li YES
213if you wish old system messages to be purged.
214.It Va daily_clean_msgs_days
215.Pq Vt num
216Set to the number of days that files must not have been modified before
217they are deleted.
218If this variable is left blank, the
219.Xr msgs 1
220default is used.
221.It Va daily_clean_rwho_enable
222.Pq Vt bool
223Set to
224.Dq Li YES
225if you wish old files in
226.Pa /var/who
227to be purged.
228.It Va daily_clean_rwho_days
229.Pq Vt num
230Set to the number of days that files must not have been modified before
231they are deleted.
232.It Va daily_clean_rwho_verbose
233.Pq Vt bool
234Set to
235.Dq Li YES
236if you want the removed files to be reported in your daily output.
237.It Va daily_clean_hoststat_enable
238.Pq Vt bool
239Set to
240.Dq Li YES
241to run
242.Nm sendmail Fl bH
243to automatically purge stale entries from
244.Xr sendmail 8 Ns 's
245host status cache.
246Files will be deleted using the same criteria as
247.Xr sendmail 8
248would normally use when determining whether to believe the cached information,
249as configured in
250.Pa /etc/mail/sendmail.cf .
251.It Va daily_backup_passwd_enable
252.Pq Vt bool
253Set to
254.Dq Li YES
255if you want the
256.Pa /etc/master.passwd
257and
258.Pa /etc/group
259files backed up and reported on.
260Reporting consists of checking both files for modifications and running
261.Xr chkgrp 8
262on the
263.Pa group
264file.
265.It Va daily_backup_aliases_enable
266.Pq Vt bool
267Set to
268.Dq Li YES
269if you want the
270.Pa /etc/mail/aliases
271file backed up and modifications to be displayed in your daily output.
272.It Va daily_calendar_enable
273.Pq Vt bool
274Set to
275.Dq Li YES
276if you want to run
277.Nm calendar Fl a
278daily.
279.It Va daily_accounting_enable
280.Pq Vt bool
281Set to
282.Dq Li YES
283if you want to rotate your daily accounting files.
284No rotations are necessary unless
285.Va accounting_enable
286is enabled in
287.Xr rc.conf 5 .
288.It Va daily_accounting_compress
289.Pq Vt bool
290Set to
291.Dq Li YES
292if you want your daily accounting files to be compressed using
293.Xr gzip 1 .
294.It Va daily_accounting_save
295.Pq Vt num
296When
297.Va daily_accounting_enable
298is set, this may also be set to the number of daily accounting files that are
299to be saved.
300The default is
301.Dq Li 3 .
302.It Va daily_accounting_flags
303.Pq Vt str
304Set to the arguments to pass to the
305.Xr sa 8
306utility (in addition to
307.Fl s )
308when
309.Va daily_accounting_enable
310is set to
311.Dq Li YES .
312The default is
313.Fl q .
314.It Va daily_news_expire_enable
315.Pq Vt bool
316Set to
317.Dq Li YES
318if you want to run
319.Pa /etc/news.expire .
320.It Va daily_status_disks_enable
321.Pq Vt bool
322Set to
323.Dq Li YES
324if you want to run
325.Xr df 1
326(with the arguments supplied in
327.Va daily_status_disks_df_flags )
328and
329.Nm dump Fl W .
330.It Va daily_status_disks_df_flags
331.Pq Vt str
332Set to the arguments for the
333.Xr df 1
334utility when
335.Va daily_status_disks_enable
336is set to
337.Dq Li YES .
338.It Va daily_status_zfs_enable
339.Pq Vt bool
340Set to
341.Dq Li YES
342if you want to run
343.Nm zpool Cm status
344on your
345.Xr zfs 8
346pools.
347.It Va daily_status_zfs_zpool_list_enable
348.Pq Vt bool
349Set to
350.Dq Li YES
351if you want to run
352.Nm zpool Cm list
353on your
354.Xr zfs 8
355pools.
356Requires
357.Va daily_status_zfs_enable
358to be set to
359.Li YES .
360.It Va daily_status_gmirror_enable
361.Pq Vt bool
362Set to
363.Dq Li YES
364if you want to run
365.Nm gmirror Cm status
366on your
367.Xr gmirror 8
368devices.
369.It Va daily_status_graid3_enable
370.Pq Vt bool
371Set to
372.Dq Li YES
373if you want to run
374.Nm graid3 Cm status
375on your
376.Xr graid3 8
377devices.
378.It Va daily_status_gstripe_enable
379.Pq Vt bool
380Set to
381.Dq Li YES
382if you want to run
383.Nm gstripe Cm status
384on your
385.Xr gstripe 8
386devices.
387.It Va daily_status_gconcat_enable
388.Pq Vt bool
389Set to
390.Dq Li YES
391if you want to run
392.Nm gconcat Cm status
393on your
394.Xr gconcat 8
395devices.
396.It Va daily_status_network_enable
397.Pq Vt bool
398Set to
399.Dq Li YES
400if you want to run
401.Nm netstat Fl i .
402.It Va daily_status_network_usedns
403.Pq Vt bool
404Set to
405.Dq Li YES
406if you want to run
407.Xr netstat 1
408without the
409.Fl n
410option (to do DNS lookups).
411.It Va daily_status_rwho_enable
412.Pq Vt bool
413Set to
414.Dq Li YES
415if you want to run
416.Xr uptime 1
417(or
418.Xr ruptime 1
419if
420.Va rwhod_enable
421is set to
422.Dq Li YES
423in
424.Pa /etc/rc.conf ) .
425.It Va daily_status_mailq_enable
426.Pq Vt bool
427Set to
428.Dq Li YES
429if you want to run
430.Xr mailq 1 .
431.It Va daily_status_mailq_shorten
432.Pq Vt bool
433Set to
434.Dq Li YES
435if you want to shorten the
436.Xr mailq 1
437output when
438.Va daily_status_mailq_enable
439is set to
440.Dq Li YES .
441.It Va daily_status_include_submit_mailq
442.Pq Vt bool
443Set to
444.Dq Li YES
445if you also want to run
446.Xr mailq 1
447on the submit mail queue when
448.Va daily_status_mailq_enable
449is set to
450.Dq Li YES .
451This may not work with MTAs other than
452.Xr sendmail 8 .
453.It Va daily_status_security_enable
454.Pq Vt bool
455Set to
456.Dq Li YES
457if you want to run the security check.
458The security check is another set of
459.Xr periodic 8
460scripts.
461The system defaults are in
462.Pa /etc/periodic/security .
463Local scripts should be placed in
464.Pa /usr/local/etc/periodic/security .
465See the
466.Xr periodic 8
467manual page for more information.
468.It Va daily_status_security_inline
469.Pq Vt bool
470Set to
471.Dq Li YES
472if you want the security check output inline.
473The default is to either mail or log the output according to the value of
474.Va daily_status_security_output .
475.It Va daily_status_security_output
476.Pq Vt str
477Where to send the output of the security check if
478.Va daily_status_security_inline
479is set to
480.Dq Li NO .
481This variable behaves in the same way as the
482.Va *_output
483variables above, namely it can be set either to one or more email addresses
484or to an absolute file name.
485.It Va security_status_diff_flags
486.Pq Vt str
487Set to the arguments to pass to the
488.Xr diff 1
489utility when generating differences.
490The default is
491.Fl b u .
492.It Va security_status_chksetuid_enable
493.Pq Vt bool
494Set to
495.Dq Li YES
496to compare the modes and modification times of setuid executables with
497the previous day's values.
498.It Va security_status_chksetuid_period
499.Pq Vt str
500Set to either
501.Dq Li daily ,
502.Dq Li weekly ,
503.Dq Li monthly
504or
505.Dq Li NO .
506.It Va security_status_chkportsum_enable
507.Pq Vt bool
508Set to
509.Dq Li YES
510to verify checksums of all installed packages against the known checksums in
511.Pa /var/db/pkg .
512.It Va security_status_chkportsum_period
513.Pq Vt str
514Set to either
515.Dq Li daily ,
516.Dq Li weekly ,
517.Dq Li monthly
518or
519.Dq Li NO .
520.It Va security_status_neggrpperm_enable
521.Pq Vt bool
522Set to
523.Dq Li YES
524to check for files where the group of a file has less permissions than
525the world at large.
526When users are in more than 14 supplemental groups these negative
527permissions may not be enforced via NFS shares.
528.It Va security_status_neggrpperm_period
529.Pq Vt str
530Set to either
531.Dq Li daily ,
532.Dq Li weekly ,
533.Dq Li monthly
534or
535.Dq Li NO .
536.It Va security_status_chkmounts_enable
537.Pq Vt bool
538Set to
539.Dq Li YES
540to check for changes mounted file systems to the previous day's values.
541.It Va security_status_chkmounts_period
542.Pq Vt str
543Set to either
544.Dq Li daily ,
545.Dq Li weekly ,
546.Dq Li monthly
547or
548.Dq Li NO .
549.It Va security_status_noamd
550.Pq Vt bool
551Set to
552.Dq Li YES
553if you want to ignore
554.Xr amd 8
555mounts when comparing against yesterday's file system mounts in the
556.Va security_status_chkmounts_enable
557check.
558.It Va security_status_chkuid0_enable
559.Pq Vt bool
560Set to
561.Dq Li YES
562to check
563.Pa /etc/master.passwd
564for accounts with UID 0.
565.It Va security_status_chkuid0_period
566.Pq Vt str
567Set to either
568.Dq Li daily ,
569.Dq Li weekly ,
570.Dq Li monthly
571or
572.Dq Li NO .
573.It Va security_status_passwdless_enable
574.Pq Vt bool
575Set to
576.Dq Li YES
577to check
578.Pa /etc/master.passwd
579for accounts with empty passwords.
580.It Va security_status_passwdless_period
581.Pq Vt str
582Set to either
583.Dq Li daily ,
584.Dq Li weekly ,
585.Dq Li monthly
586or
587.Dq Li NO .
588.It Va security_status_logincheck_enable
589.Pq Vt bool
590Set to
591.Dq Li YES
592to check
593.Pa /etc/login.conf
594ownership, see
595.Xr login.conf 5
596for more information.
597.It Va security_status_logincheck_period
598.Pq Vt str
599Set to either
600.Dq Li daily ,
601.Dq Li weekly ,
602.Dq Li monthly
603or
604.Dq Li NO .
605.It Va security_status_ipfwdenied_enable
606.Pq Vt bool
607Set to
608.Dq Li YES
609to show log entries for packets denied by
610.Xr ipfw 8
611since yesterday's check.
612.It Va security_status_ipfwdenied_period
613.Pq Vt str
614Set to either
615.Dq Li daily ,
616.Dq Li weekly ,
617.Dq Li monthly
618or
619.Dq Li NO .
620.It Va security_status_ipfdenied_enable
621.Pq Vt bool
622Set to
623.Dq Li YES
624to show log entries for packets denied by
625.Xr ipf 8
626since yesterday's check.
627.It Va security_status_ipfdenied_period
628.Pq Vt str
629Set to either
630.Dq Li daily ,
631.Dq Li weekly ,
632.Dq Li monthly
633or
634.Dq Li NO .
635.It Va security_status_pfdenied_enable
636.Pq Vt bool
637Set to
638.Dq Li YES
639to show log entries for packets denied by
640.Xr pf 4
641since yesterday's check.
642.It Va security_status_pfdenied_period
643.Pq Vt str
644Set to either
645.Dq Li daily ,
646.Dq Li weekly ,
647.Dq Li monthly
648or
649.Dq Li NO .
650.It Va security_status_ipfwlimit_enable
651.Pq Vt bool
652Set to
653.Dq Li YES
654to display
655.Xr ipfw 8
656rules that have reached their verbosity limit.
657.It Va security_status_ipfwlimit_period
658.Pq Vt str
659Set to either
660.Dq Li daily ,
661.Dq Li weekly ,
662.Dq Li monthly
663or
664.Dq Li NO .
665.It Va security_status_kernelmsg_enable
666.Pq Vt bool
667Set to
668.Dq Li YES
669to show new
670.Xr dmesg 8
671entries since yesterday's check.
672.It Va security_status_kernelmsg_period
673.Pq Vt str
674Set to either
675.Dq Li daily ,
676.Dq Li weekly ,
677.Dq Li monthly
678or
679.Dq Li NO .
680.It Va security_status_loginfail_enable
681.Pq Vt bool
682Set to
683.Dq Li YES
684to display failed logins from
685.Pa /var/log/messages
686in the previous day.
687.It Va security_status_loginfail_period
688.Pq Vt str
689Set to either
690.Dq Li daily ,
691.Dq Li weekly ,
692.Dq Li monthly
693or
694.Dq Li NO .
695.It Va security_status_tcpwrap_enable
696.Pq Vt bool
697Set to
698.Dq Li YES
699to display connections denied by tcpwrappers (see
700.Xr hosts_access 5 )
701from
702.Pa /var/log/messages
703during the previous day.
704.It Va security_status_tcpwrap_period
705.Pq Vt str
706Set to either
707.Dq Li daily ,
708.Dq Li weekly ,
709.Dq Li monthly
710or
711.Dq Li NO .
712.It Va daily_status_mail_rejects_enable
713.Pq Vt bool
714Set to
715.Dq Li YES
716if you want to summarise mail rejections logged to
717.Pa /var/log/maillog
718for the previous day.
719.It Va daily_status_mail_rejects_logs
720.Pq Vt num
721Set to the number of maillog files that should be checked
722for yesterday's mail rejects.
723.It Va daily_status_named_enable
724.Pq Vt bool
725Set to
726.Dq Li YES
727if you want to summarise denied zone transfers (AXFR and IXFR)
728for the previous day.
729.It Va daily_status_named_usedns
730.Pq Vt bool
731Set to
732.Dq Li YES
733if you want to enable reverse DNS lookups.
734.It Va daily_status_ntpd
735.Pq Vt bool
736Set to
737.Dq Li YES
738if you want to enable NTP status check.
739.It Va daily_queuerun_enable
740.Pq Vt bool
741Set to
742.Dq Li YES
743if you want to manually run the mail queue at least once a day.
744.It Va daily_submit_queuerun
745.Pq Vt bool
746Set to
747.Dq Li YES
748if you also want to manually run the submit mail queue at least once a day
749when
750.Va daily_queuerun_enable
751is set to
752.Dq Li YES .
753.It Va daily_scrub_zfs_enable
754.Pq Vt bool
755Set to
756.Dq Li YES
757if you want to run a zfs scrub periodically.
758.It Va daily_scrub_zfs_pools
759.Pq Vt str
760A space separated list of names of zfs pools to scrub.
761If the list is empty or not set, all zfs pools are scrubbed.
762.It Va daily_scrub_zfs_default_threshold
763.Pq Vt int
764Number of days between a scrub if no pool-specific threshold is set.
765If not set, the default value is 35, corresponding to 5 weeks.
766.It Va daily_scrub_zfs_ Ns Ao Ar poolname Ac Ns Va _threshold
767.Pq Vt int
768The same as
769.Va daily_scrub_zfs_default_threshold
770but specific to the pool
771.Ao Ar poolname Ac Ns .
772.It Va daily_local
773.Pq Vt str
774Set to a list of extra scripts that should be run after all other
775daily scripts.
776All scripts must be absolute path names.
777.El
778.Pp
779The following variables are used by the standard scripts that reside in
780.Pa /etc/periodic/weekly :
781.Bl -tag -offset 4n -width 2n
782.It Va weekly_locate_enable
783.Pq Vt bool
784Set to
785.Dq Li YES
786if you want to run
787.Pa /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb .
788This script is run using
789.Nm nice Fl 5
790as user
791.Dq Li nobody ,
792and generates the table used by the
793.Xr locate 1
794command.
795.It Va weekly_whatis_enable
796.Pq Vt bool
797Set to
798.Dq Li YES
799if you want to run
800.Pa /usr/libexec/makewhatis.local .
801This script regenerates the database used by the
802.Xr apropos 1
803command.
804.It Va weekly_catman_enable
805.Pq Vt bool
806Set to
807.Dq Li YES
808if you want to run
809.Pa /usr/libexec/catman.local .
810This script processes all out of date manual pages, speeding up the
811.Xr man 1
812command at the expense of disk space.
813.It Va weekly_noid_enable
814.Pq Vt bool
815Set to
816.Dq Li YES
817if you want to locate orphaned files on the system.
818An orphaned file is one with an invalid owner or group.
819.It Va weekly_noid_dirs
820.Pq Vt str
821A list of directories under which orphaned files are searched for.
822This would usually be set to
823.Pa / .
824.It Va weekly_status_security_enable
825.Pq Vt bool
826Weekly counterpart of
827.Va daily_status_securiy_enable .
828.It Va weekly_status_security_inline
829.Pq Vt bool
830Weekly counterpart of
831.Va daily_status_securiy_inline .
832.It Va weekly_status_security_output
833.Pq Vt str
834Weekly counterpart of
835.Va daily_status_securiy_output .
836.It Va weekly_status_pkg_enable
837.Pq Vt bool
838Set to
839.Dq Li YES
840if you want to use
841.Xr pkg_version 1
842to list installed packages which are out of date.
843.It Va pkg_version
844.Pq Vt str
845When
846.Va weekly_status_pkg_enable
847is set to
848.Dq Li YES ,
849this variable specifies the program that is used to determine the out of
850date packages.
851If unset, the
852.Xr pkg_version 1
853program is used.
854As an example, this variable might be set to
855.Dq Li portversion
856if the
857.Pa ports/sysutils/portupgrade
858port has been installed.
859.It Va pkg_version_index
860.Pq Vt str
861This variable specifies the
862.Pa INDEX
863file from
864.Pa /usr/ports
865that should be used by
866.Xr pkg_version 1 .
867Because the dependency tree may be substantially different between versions of
868.Fx ,
869there may be more than one
870.Pa INDEX
871file in
872.Pa /usr/ports .
873.Pp
874Note, if the
875.Va pkg_version
876variable is set to
877.Dq Li portversion ,
878it will also be necessary to arrange that the correct
879.Pa INDEX
880file is specified
881using environment variables and that
882.Va pkg_version_index
883is cleared in
884.Pa /etc/periodic.conf
885.Pq Dq Li pkg_version_index= .
886.It Va weekly_local
887.Pq Vt str
888Set to a list of extra scripts that should be run after all other
889weekly scripts.
890All scripts must be absolute path names.
891.El
892.Pp
893The following variables are used by the standard scripts that reside in
894.Pa /etc/periodic/monthly :
895.Bl -tag -offset 4n -width 2n
896.It Va monthly_accounting_enable
897.Pq Vt bool
898Set to
899.Dq Li YES
900if you want to do login accounting using the
901.Xr ac 8
902command.
903.It Va monthly_status_security_enable
904.Pq Vt bool
905Monthly counterpart of
906.Va daily_status_securiy_enable .
907.It Va monthly_status_security_inline
908.Pq Vt bool
909Monthly counterpart of
910.Va daily_status_securiy_inline .
911.It Va monthly_status_security_output
912.Pq Vt str
913Monthly counterpart of
914.Va daily_status_securiy_output .
915.It Va monthly_local
916.Pq Vt str
917Set to a list of extra scripts that should be run after all other
918monthly scripts.
919All scripts must be absolute path names.
920.El
921.Sh FILES
922.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/defaults/periodic.conf"
923.It Pa /etc/defaults/periodic.conf
924The default configuration file.
925This file contains all default variables and values.
926.It Pa /etc/periodic.conf
927The usual system specific variable override file.
928.It Pa /etc/periodic.conf.local
929An additional override file, useful when
930.Pa /etc/periodic.conf
931is shared or distributed.
932.El
933.Sh SEE ALSO
934.Xr apropos 1 ,
935.Xr calendar 1 ,
936.Xr df 1 ,
937.Xr diff 1 ,
938.Xr gzip 1 ,
939.Xr locate 1 ,
940.Xr man 1 ,
941.Xr msgs 1 ,
942.Xr netstat 1 ,
943.Xr nice 1 ,
944.Xr pkg_version 1 ,
945.Xr login.conf 5 ,
946.Xr rc.conf 5 ,
947.Xr ac 8 ,
948.Xr chkgrp 8 ,
949.Xr dump 8 ,
950.Xr newsyslog 8 ,
951.Xr periodic 8 ,
952.Xr sendmail 8
953.Sh HISTORY
954The
955.Nm
956file appeared in
957.Fx 4.1 .
958.Sh AUTHORS
959.An Brian Somers Aq brian@Awfulhak.org
960