periodic.conf

[polhallen]

Hi folks!

Sorry for my question: reading a howto I see:

# -- Enable daily status reporting
echo 'daily_status_gmirror_enable="YES"' >> /etc/periodic.conf

periodic.conf exists in /etc/defaults/ (and not in /etc).

Can I put

echo daily_status_gmirror_enable="YES"

in /etc/defaults/periodic.conf?

Is it correct?

Thanks!

 

[bkouhi]

No. Please do not edit default configuration files under /etc/defaults. Just create the /etc/periodic.conf and put your values into that file.

 

[polhallen]

Sure! Thanks!

 

[ShelLuser]

When in doubt always look at a file before changing it. In this case the /etc/defaults/periodic.conf leaves little to guess if you should or shouldn't edit it, just check its header:

# 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.  [B]You should not edit this file![/B]  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.