From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 3 09:24:23 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 11A2DBDF for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2013 09:24:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from avasout07.plus.net (avasout07.plus.net [84.93.230.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7023B126A for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2013 09:24:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from curlew.milibyte.co.uk ([84.92.153.232]) by avasout07 with smtp id wxQC1m00E516WCc01xQE5a; Tue, 03 Dec 2013 09:24:14 +0000 X-CM-Score: 0.00 X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=Z9fVQhhA c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=lfSX4pPLp9EkufIcToJk/A==:117 a=lfSX4pPLp9EkufIcToJk/A==:17 a=D7rCoLxHAAAA:8 a=0Bzu9jTXAAAA:8 a=mSnCZvPJBnkA:10 a=g8DGSEr-gRIA:10 a=ZTb9aqGL9YkA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=RIXHdJ6alCwA:10 a=q0n7p7B2q6PqFC4qvXAA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 Received: from curlew.lan ([192.168.1.13]) by curlew.milibyte.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1VnmDE-00016I-Ad for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 03 Dec 2013 09:24:12 +0000 From: Mike Clarke To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 09:24:10 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (FreeBSD/9.1-RELEASE-p7; KDE/4.10.5; amd64; ; ) References: <201312012352.01075.freebsd01@dgmm.net> <529C4213.2010307@sdf.org> <201312022040.11070.freebsd01@dgmm.net> In-Reply-To: <201312022040.11070.freebsd01@dgmm.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <201312030924.10969.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.168.1.13 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on curlew.lan X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 Subject: Re: System reboots ~3am during daily periodic 450.status-security run Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on curlew.milibyte.co.uk) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 09:24:23 -0000 On Monday 02 Dec 2013 20:40:11 dgmm wrote: > This does bring to mind something I'd not previously thought of. Except > for the rare times I leave a job running overnight, periodic never > runs. I'll have a to make a decision on what to do about that. Consider sysutils/anacron Anacron can be used to execute commands periodically, with a frequency specified in days. Unlike cron(8), it does not assume that the machine is running continuously. Hence, it can be used on machines that aren't running 24 hours a day, to control daily, weekly, and monthly jobs that are usually controlled by cron. -- Mike Clarke