Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 13:16:51 -0400 From: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Danny <bchadmin@eagleroaming.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 4.9R changing MTA to Postfix - no periodic.conf Message-ID: <0296CED3-954A-11D8-90F9-003065ABFD92@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20040423170449.M7263@eagleroaming.com> References: <20040423145250.M47348@eagleroaming.com> <40893B80.3040304@potentialtech.com> <20040423170449.M7263@eagleroaming.com>
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On Apr 23, 2004, at 2:12 PM, Danny wrote: > On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 11:51:28 -0400, Bill Moran wrote >> /etc/defaults/periodic.conf has all the default values for periodic. > > Defaults as a reference, or the defaults that are currently enforced > even > without /etc/periodic.conf? Yes, to both. The two aren't exclusive. >> You should _NOT_ endit /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ... the point is >> that /etc/periodic.conf overrides those defaults. > > So, in theory, IF (which I won't, don't worry) I did edit > the /etc/defaults/periodic.conf, and disabled the postfix & sendmail > specified settings, those changes would be enforced even without > a /etc/periodic.conf? Sure. But your changes might get blown away the next time you updated the system and ran mergemaster, unless you were careful. Putting the changes in /etc/periodic.conf is the right thing to do... -- -Chuck
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