Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 15:30:49 -0800 From: Tim Gustafson <tjg@ucsc.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Restricting Periodic Scripts Message-ID: <CAPyBAS4-rEfd7f8wwygGNfY4_GT2XxYm7gmrW-A0OKoRHXDQLA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <51129A40.1050606@FreeBSD.org> References: <CAPyBAS6tFC-LCKAzMMeq4nxkqJsD29tRTF=k7cAyUTFhkiKFCQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAPyBAS6vna0xMYbPR05PpFbMOJHJ613b%2BYJGhi9n-8kvfZP9JQ@mail.gmail.com> <51129A40.1050606@FreeBSD.org>
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> I have a FreeBSD ZFS file server with tens of millions of files > stored on it. > > But, the daily periodic scripts like > /etc/periodic/security/110.neggrpperm and > /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate take hours iterating through those > folders, and I just don't need them to be scanned. > > I see that I can edit /etc/locate.rc to fix the behavior for > /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate but I don't see a way to exclude > folders from other scripts like > /etc/periodic/security/110.neggrpperm from scanning them. Is there > any way to prune out folders that I don't want scanned, or should I > just disable those jobs? Thanks to everyone who replied. I got some helpful suggestions from a few people, which all amounted to either "disable the jobs" or "create your own custom version of those jobs". So for now, I'm just disabling them. I appreciate all the help. Thanks! -- Tim Gustafson tjg@ucsc.edu 831-459-5354 Baskin Engineering, Room 313A
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