Problems with periodic

[garyd]

After install this excellent Mail::Toaster, I have hd errors running periodic. This happens on 2 fresh FreeBSD 5.4 machines. Any ideas? Below is an excerpt of the message.

Gary D

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--periodic.conf--: not found
--: not found
--periodic.conf--: not found
--: not found
--periodic.conf--: not found
--: not found

Removing stale files from /var/preserve:
--periodic.conf--: not found
--: not found

Cleaning out old system announcements:
--periodic.conf--: not found
--: not found

Removing stale files from /var/rwho:
--periodic.conf--: not found
--: not found

Backup passwd and group files:

Verifying group file syntax:
--periodic.conf--: not found
--: not found
--periodic.conf--: not found
--: not found
--periodic.conf--: not found
--: not found
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[garyd]

Oh, yes. The following files do exist

/etc/defaults/periodic.conf
/etc/periodic.conf

Gary D

[psxc]

Check your /etc/periodic.conf

comment out the first and last line (you'll know when you look in the file

-psxc

[garyd]

Thanks. Someone else also asked so being more explicit.

Just take an actual look at /etc/periodic.conf. You will notice that the first and last lines need to be either deleted or commented out.


--periodic.conf--
...
.
.
-- end --

CHANGE TO

#--periodic.conf--
...
.
.
#-- end --