Questions about periodic.conf file

[Paul Schmehl]

--On July 4, 2007 6:14:48 PM +0200 Olivier Regnier <oregnier at oregnier.net> 
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm working on FreeBSD 6.2 and my question is, it is possible to use the
> periodic.conf file in /usr/local/etc/ directory ?
>
Yes, of course.

> My second question, if i create a empty periodic.conf, it is possible to
> include the /etc/defaults/periodic.conf file with a command line by
> example
>
> include /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ?
>
It isn't needed.  The /etc/defaults conf files are always parsed.  They 
are overridden by any settings in the corresponding file in /etc.

Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/