Hello!

I have the following settings in /etc/defaults/periodic.conf

daily_diff_flags="-b -U 0" # flags for diff output daily_output="root" # user or /file
daily_show_success="NO" # scripts returning 0 daily_show_info="YES" # scripts returning 1 daily_show_badconfig="YES" # scripts returning 2
[...]
daily_status_disks_enable="YES" # Check disk status daily_status_disks_df_flags="-l -h" # df(1) flags for check

I still get the following message every day:


Disk status:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on zroot/ROOT/default 10G 2.9G 7.6G 28% /
devfs 1.0K 0B 1.0K 0% /dev
zroot/var/mail 7.6G 112K 7.6G 0% /var/mail
zroot/tmp 8.7G 1.1G 7.6G 13% /tmp
zroot/usr/ports 7.6G 96K 7.6G 0% /usr/ports
zroot/var/log 7.6G 596K 7.6G 0% /var/log
zroot/usr/src 7.6G 96K 7.6G 0% /usr/src
zroot/var/crash 7.6G 96K 7.6G 0% /var/crash
zroot/home 7.6G 96K 7.6G 0% /home
zroot/var/tmp 7.6G 96K 7.6G 0% /var/tmp
zroot/var/audit 7.6G 96K 7.6G 0% /var/audit
zroot 7.6G 96K 7.6G 0% /zroot
zroot/home/m 7.6G 204K 7.6G 0% /home/m

Local system status:
3:01AM up 2 days, 7:04, 0 users, load averages: 0.51, 0.52, 0.43

-- End of daily output --


Can somebody give a hint what can cause that?

I don't have those settings in /usr/local/etc/periodic, so I don't
think they are overridden.

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Marco

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In article <20250614113925.08a15c5a@zbook>,
Marco Moock <[email protected]> wrote:

I have the following settings in /etc/defaults/periodic.conf

That file and periodic.conf(5) recommends against: <URL:https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.conf?h=releng/14.3>
#!/bin/sh
#
# This is defaults/periodic.conf - a file full of useful variables that
# you can set to change the default behaviour of periodic jobs on your
# system. You should not edit this file! Put any overrides into one of the
# $periodic_conf_files instead and you will be able to update these defaults
# later without spamming your local configuration information.

<URL:https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=periodic.conf&sektion=5&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+14.3-RELEASE+and+Ports>
/etc/periodic.conf The usual system specific variable over-
ride file.

daily_diff_flags="-b -U 0" # flags for diff output >daily_output="root" # user or /file
daily_show_success="NO" # scripts returning 0 >daily_show_info="YES" # scripts returning 1 >daily_show_badconfig="YES" # scripts returning 2
[...]
daily_status_disks_enable="YES" # Check disk status >daily_status_disks_df_flags="-l -h" # df(1) flags for check

I still get the following message every day:

# (cd /etc/periodic/daily/&&./400.status-disks>/dev/null);echo $?
1

periodic(8) suggests you add daily_show_info=NO in /etc/periodic.conf. <URL:https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=periodic&manpath=FreeBSD+14.3-RELEASE+and+Ports>
To only see important information from daily periodic jobs, add the
following lines to /etc/periodic.conf:

daily_show_success=NO
daily_show_info=NO
daily_show_badconfig=NO

John
[email protected]

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On 15.06.2025 20:01 Uhr John D Groenveld wrote:

In article <20250614113925.08a15c5a@zbook>,
Marco Moock <[email protected]> wrote:

I have the following settings in /etc/defaults/periodic.conf

That file and periodic.conf(5) recommends against: <URL:https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/usr.sbin/periodic/periodic.conf?h=releng/14.3>
#!/bin/sh
#
# This is defaults/periodic.conf - a file full of useful variables
that # you can set to change the default behaviour of periodic jobs
on your # system. You should not edit this file! Put any overrides
into one of the # $periodic_conf_files instead and you will be able
to update these defaults # later without spamming your local
configuration information.

<URL:https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=periodic.conf&sektion=5&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+14.3-RELEASE+and+Ports>
/etc/periodic.conf The usual system
specific variable over- ride file.

daily_diff_flags="-b -U 0" # flags for diff output >daily_output="root" # user or /file >daily_show_success="NO" # scripts returning 0 >daily_show_info="YES" # scripts returning 1 >daily_show_badconfig="YES" # scripts returning 2
[...]
daily_status_disks_enable="YES" # Check disk status >daily_status_disks_df_flags="-l -h" # df(1) flags for check

I still get the following message every day:

# (cd /etc/periodic/daily/&&./400.status-disks>/dev/null);echo $?
1

periodic(8) suggests you add daily_show_info=NO in /etc/periodic.conf. <URL:https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=periodic&manpath=FreeBSD+14.3-RELEASE+and+Ports>
To only see important information from
daily periodic jobs, add the following lines to
/etc/periodic.conf:

daily_show_success=NO
daily_show_info=NO
daily_show_badconfig=NO

John
[email protected]

I now tried that, but I still receive security mails where I can't find
an issue.


Checking negative group permissions:

Checking for passwordless accounts:

Checking login.conf permissions:

teufel.dorfdsl.de login failures:

teufel.dorfdsl.de refused connections:

Checking for security vulnerabilities in base (userland & kernel):
vulnxml file up-to-date
0 problem(s) in 0 package(s) found.
vulnxml file up-to-date
0 problem(s) in 0 package(s) found.

Checking for packages with security vulnerabilities:

Checking for packages with mismatched checksums:

-- End of security output --

[m@teufel ~]$ cat /etc/periodic.conf
daily_show_success=NO
daily_show_info=NO
daily_show_badconfig=YES


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kind regards
Marco

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On Sun, 29 Jun 2025 09:39:07 +0200, Marco Moock wrote:

daily_show_success=NO daily_show_info=NO

daily_show_badconfig=NO

John [email protected]

I now tried that, but I still receive security mails where I can't find
an issue.

There is a separate set for security, e.g. security_show_success



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