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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
| commit | 6d8bdc65446a704d0750217efd05532fc641ea7d (patch) | |
| tree | 8ae6d698b3c9801750a8b117b3842fb369872a3a /static/openbsd/man8/daily.8 | |
| parent | 2f467bd7ff8f8db0dafa40426166491d7f57f368 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man8/daily.8 b/static/openbsd/man8/daily.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..22071017 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man8/daily.8 @@ -0,0 +1,272 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: daily.8,v 1.31 2024/07/04 05:06:58 bket Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Jason McIntyre <jmc@openbsd.org> +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: July 4 2024 $ +.Dt DAILY 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm daily , weekly , monthly +.Nd periodic system maintenance +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The three files +.Pa /etc/daily , +.Pa /etc/weekly , +and +.Pa /etc/monthly +are shell scripts run on a periodic basis by the clock daemon, +.Xr cron 8 . +They take care of some basic administrative tasks. +Their output, if any, is mailed to root. +.Pp +.Sy Note : +The scripts are all run as part of root's +.Xr crontab 5 . +However, it is strongly suggested that the root mail account +be an alias that forwards messages to a real user or set of users. +Otherwise, root's mail will simply accumulate in +.Pa /var/mail +until the partition holding it runs out of space. +See +.Xr newaliases 8 +for further details. +.Pp +These scripts should not be altered. +Local additions should be made to the files +.Pa /etc/daily.local , +.Pa /etc/weekly.local , +and +.Pa /etc/monthly.local , +which will be executed by +.Pa /etc/daily , +.Pa /etc/weekly , +and +.Pa /etc/monthly , +respectively. +The +.Pa *.local +files are executed first, which makes it convenient to do any necessary +cleanup and backup and to define any required shell variables before the +script is run. +.Ss /etc/daily +This script is run daily. +It currently does the following: +.Bl -dash +.It +Runs the script +.Pa /etc/daily.local , +if it exists. +.It +Removes scratch and junk files from +.Pa /tmp . +.It +Purges accounting records from +.Pa /var/account , +if they exist. +Processes that were killed due to pledge or memory access violations, +or had file access prevented by unveil, +are reported in the daily mail. +See +.Xr accton 8 , +.Xr lastcomm 1 , +and +.Xr sa 8 . +.It +Creates a backup root file system which is updated daily. +This only happens if the following conditions are met: +.Bl -enum -offset indent +.It +The environment variable +.Ev ROOTBACKUP +must be set. +For example, the following can be added to +.Pa /etc/daily.local : +.Pp +.Dl ROOTBACKUP=1 +.It +The mount directory +.Pa /altroot +must exist, and there must be an +.Pa /etc/fstab +entry specifying a configured disk device, the file system type +.Sq ffs , +and +.Sq xx +for the mount options, e.g. +.Pp +.Dl /dev/wd0j /altroot ffs xx 0 0 +.El +.It +Checks daemon status. +Lists any daemons which are enabled in +.Xr rc.conf.local 8 +but which are not actually running. +.It +Reports on which file systems need to be dumped via +.Xr dump 8 . +.It +Runs the +.Xr calendar 1 +utility unless the environment variable +.Ev CALENDAR +is set to 0 in +.Pa /etc/daily.local +or the host is a +.Xr yp 8 +client. +.It +If +.Ev CHECKFILESYSTEMS +is set to 1 in +.Pa /etc/daily.local , +runs +.Xr fsck 8 +with the no-write flag +.Pq Fl n . +.It +If the file +.Pa /etc/Distfile +exists, runs the +.Xr rdist 1 +utility. +.It +Runs the system +.Xr security 8 +check script. +.El +.Ss /etc/weekly +This script is run weekly. +It currently does the following: +.Bl -dash +.It +Runs the script +.Pa /etc/weekly.local , +if it exists. +.It +Rebuilds the +.Xr locate 1 +database, if there is an existing +.Pa /var/db/locate.database +file. +.It +Rebuilds the +.Xr whatis 1 +database(s) via +.Xr makewhatis 8 . +.It +If +.Ev LOGINACCOUNTING +is set to 1 in +.Pa /etc/weekly.local +and the +.Pa /var/log/wtmp +file exists, show individual users' login via the +.Xr ac 8 +utility. +.El +.Ss /etc/monthly +This script is run monthly. +It currently does the following: +.Bl -dash +.It +Runs the script +.Pa /etc/monthly.local , +if it exists. +.El +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +The following variables can be set in +.Pa /etc/daily.local : +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width "CHECKFILESYSTEMS" -compact +.It Ev CALENDAR +If set to 0, do not run +.Xr calendar 1 . +.It Ev CHECKFILESYSTEMS +If set to 1, run +.Xr fsck 8 +with the no-write flag. +.It Ev ROOTBACKUP +If set to 1, make a backup of the root file system. +.El +.Pp +The following variables can be set in +.Pa /etc/weekly.local : +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width "CHECKFILESYSTEMS" -compact +.It Ev LOGINACCOUNTING +If set to 1, run +.Xr ac 8 +to report login accounting. +.It Ev MAKEWHATISARGS +Arguments for +.Xr makewhatis 8 ; +empty by default. +.El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width "/var/cron/tabs/root" -compact +.It Pa /etc/daily +Daily maintenance script. +.It Pa /etc/daily.local +Site specific daily maintenance script. +.It Pa /etc/weekly +Weekly maintenance script. +.It Pa /etc/weekly.local +Site specific weekly maintenance script. +.It Pa /etc/monthly +Monthly maintenance script. +.It Pa /etc/monthly.local +Site specific monthly maintenance script. +.It Pa /var/cron/tabs/root +Root +.Xr crontab 5 . +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr calendar 1 , +.Xr crontab 1 , +.Xr locate 1 , +.Xr rdist 1 , +.Xr whatis 1 , +.Xr crontab 5 , +.Xr ac 8 , +.Xr accton 8 , +.Xr cron 8 , +.Xr dump 8 , +.Xr fsck 8 , +.Xr makewhatis 8 , +.Xr sa 8 , +.Xr security 8 , +.Xr yp 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm daily , weekly , +and +.Nm monthly +scripts first appeared in +.Bx 4.3 Reno . +This manual page first appeared in +.Ox 3.4 . +.Sh CAVEATS +If the host machine is not running 24/7, these scripts may never be run. +Adjusting the time fields in the system +.Xr crontab 5 +may partially alleviate this problem. +.Pp +Be careful when adding local additions. +Services such as +.Qq www +have their own users, and should be run as such, not as root. +It may be more appropriate to create a separate +.Xr crontab 5 +for such services. |
