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# 302600 11-Jul-2016 asomers

MFC r300356

Better document security_show_{success,info,badconfig} in /etc/periodic.conf

periodic(8) already handles the security_show_{success,info,badconfig}
variables correctly. However, those variables aren't explicitly set in
/etc/defaults/periodic.conf or anywhere else, which suggests to the user
that they shouldn't be used.

etc/defaults/periodic.conf
Explicitly set defaults for security_show_{success,info,badconfig}

usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.sh
Update usage string

usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.8
Minor man page updates

One thing I'm _not_ doing is recommending setting security_output to
/var/log/security.log or adding that file to /etc/newsyslog.conf, because
periodic(8) would create it with default permissions, usually 644, and
that's probably a bad idea.


# 256281 10-Oct-2013 gjb

Copy head (r256279) to stable/10 as part of the 10.0-RELEASE cycle.

Approved by: re (implicit)
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation

# 206622 14-Apr-2010 uqs

mdoc: order prologue macros consistently by Dd/Dt/Os

Although groff_mdoc(7) gives another impression, this is the ordering
most widely used and also required by mdocml/mandoc.

Reviewed by: ru
Approved by: philip, ed (mentors)


# 172081 07-Sep-2007 gabor

- The weekly periodic runs occur on Saturday mornings, not on Sunday mornings

PR: docs/113975
Submitted by: Marian Cerny <jojo@matfyz.cz>
Reviewed by: keramida
Approved by: re (bmah)


# 171562 24-Jul-2007 delphij

Stop mentioning /usr/X11R6.

Approved by: re (hrs)


# 170990 22-Jun-2007 dwmalone

Add an option to make periodic(8) quiet when no output was generated.

The man page part of the patch is my fault, the changes to the
periodic script is Dominik's.

PR: 88486
Submitted by: Dominik Brettnacher <domi@saargate.de>
Reviewed by: brian
Approved by: re
MFC after: 1 month


# 140442 18-Jan-2005 ru

Sort sections.


# 140368 17-Jan-2005 ru

Added the EXIT STATUS section where appropriate.


# 99968 14-Jul-2002 charnier

The .Nm utility


# 87523 08-Dec-2001 ru

mdoc(7) police: fix markup in revision 1.25.


# 87514 07-Dec-2001 cjc

Long ago, there was just /etc/daily. Then /etc/security was split out
of /etc/daily. Some time later, /etc/daily became a set of periodic(8)
scripts. Now, this evolution continues, and /etc/security has been
broken into periodic(8) scripts to make local customization easier and
more maintainable.

Reviewed by: ru
Approved by: ru


# 87073 28-Nov-2001 cjc

Add a BUGS section noting that the basename of a directory containing
periodic(8) scripts must be useable as a sh(1) variable.

MFC after: 2 days


# 86650 20-Nov-2001 ru

mdoc(7) police: Fix markup.


# 81285 08-Aug-2001 ru

mdoc(7) police: expand plain text xrefs.


# 79755 15-Jul-2001 dd

Remove whitespace at EOL.


# 79537 10-Jul-2001 ru

mdoc(7) police: removed HISTORY info from the .Os call.


# 75670 18-Apr-2001 ru

mdoc(7) police: normalize .Nd.


# 75531 15-Apr-2001 dd

Grammar police: "its", not "it's", is the possessive form of "it".


# 71107 16-Jan-2001 ru

mdoc(7) police: fixed broken references.


# 70015 14-Dec-2000 ru

mdoc(7) police: removed history info from the .Os FreeBSD call.


# 69862 11-Dec-2000 ru

mdoc(7) police: use canonical form of .Dd macro.


# 68965 20-Nov-2000 ru

mdoc(7) police: use the new features of the Nm macro.


# 66084 19-Sep-2000 brian

Put temporary output in ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}
If $<basedir>_output is not set, don't redirect output

PR: 21395


# 65843 14-Sep-2000 brian

Another overhaul of the periodic stuff.

All periodic sub-scripts <larf> now have their return codes interpreted
by periodic(8). Output may be masked based on variable values in
periodic.conf.

It's also now possible to email periodic output to arbitrary addresses,
or to send it to a log file, examples of which can be found in
newsyslog.conf.

The upshot of it all should be no discernable changes to the default
behaviour of periodic(8).

PR: 21250


# 61981 22-Jun-2000 brian

Introduce /etc/defaults/periodic.conf, similar in concept to rc.conf.
The only change in the default functionality should be that
the output reports are slightly more verbose WRT files deleted.

Not objected to by: freebsd-arch


# 50479 27-Aug-1999 peter

$Id$ -> $FreeBSD$


# 45956 23-Apr-1999 ghelmer

local_cron -> local_periodic

PR: docs/11253


# 44008 14-Feb-1999 jkh

Look in correct rc.conf file.

Submitted by: Kevin Street <street@iname.com


# 42151 29-Dec-1998 hoek

Misplaced comma.


# 34809 23-Mar-1998 charnier

.Sh AUTHOR -> .Sh AUTHORS. Use .An/.Aq.


# 29988 29-Sep-1997 wosch

Sort cross refereces in section SEE ALSO.


# 28424 19-Aug-1997 pst

Change local_cron to local_periodic.
Submitted by: bde


# 28267 16-Aug-1997 pst

Use /etc/periodic


# 28168 13-Aug-1997 ache

Fix mdoc directives


# 28143 13-Aug-1997 pst

Incorporate some ideas that came up during discussion with msmith.


# 28113 12-Aug-1997 pst

This commit was generated by cvs2svn to compensate for changes in r28112,
which included commits to RCS files with non-trunk default branches.


# 28112 12-Aug-1997 pst

Initial import of periodic executable control program.