1 files changed, 31 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/etc/defaults/periodic.conf b/etc/defaults/periodic.conf
index 2ad0e504cc61..c50d28a86642 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/periodic.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/periodic.conf
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ local_periodic="/usr/local/etc/periodic /usr/X11R6/etc/periodic"
 
 # Daily options
 
+# These options are used by periodic(8) itself to determine what to do
+# with the output of the sub-programs that are run, and where to send
+# that output.  $daily_output might be set to /var/log/daily.log if you
+# wish to log the daily output and have the files rotated by newsyslog(8)
+#
+daily_output="root"					# user or /file
+daily_show_success="YES"				# scripts returning 0
+daily_show_info="YES"					# scripts returning 1
+daily_show_badconfig="NO"				# scripts returning 2
+
 # 100.clean-disks
 daily_clean_disks_enable="NO"				# Delete files daily
 daily_clean_disks_files="[#,]* .#* a.out *.core *.CKP .emacs_[0-9]*"
@@ -61,7 +71,7 @@ daily_backup_passwd_enable="YES"			# Backup passwd & group
 daily_backup_aliases_enable="YES"			# Backup mail aliases
 
 # 220.backup-distfile
-daily_backup_distfile_enable="YES"			# Backup distfile
+daily_backup_distfile_enable="YES"			# rdist /etc/Distfile
 
 # 300.calendar
 daily_calendar_enable="NO"				# Run calendar -a
@@ -113,6 +123,16 @@ daily_local="/etc/daily.local"				# Local scripts
 
 # Weekly options
 
+# These options are used by periodic(8) itself to determine what to do
+# with the output of the sub-programs that are run, and where to send
+# that output.  $weekly_output might be set to /var/log/weekly.log if you
+# wish to log the weekly output and have the files rotated by newsyslog(8)
+#
+weekly_output="root"					# user or /file
+weekly_show_success="YES"				# scripts returning 0
+weekly_show_info="YES"					# scripts returning 1
+weekly_show_badconfig="NO"				# scripts returning 2
+
 # 120.clean-kvmdb
 weekly_clean_kvmdb_enable="YES"				# Clean kvmdb weekly
 weekly_clean_kvmdb_days=7				# If not accessed for
@@ -143,6 +163,16 @@ weekly_local="/etc/weekly.local"			# Local scripts
 
 # Monthly options
 
+# These options are used by periodic(8) itself to determine what to do
+# with the output of the sub-programs that are run, and where to send
+# that output.  $monthly_output might be set to /var/log/monthly.log if you
+# wish to log the monthly output and have the files rotated by newsyslog(8)
+#
+monthly_output="root"					# user or /file
+monthly_show_success="YES"				# scripts returning 0
+monthly_show_info="YES"					# scripts returning 1
+monthly_show_badconfig="NO"				# scripts returning 2
+
 # 200.accounting
 monthly_accounting_enable="YES"				# Login accounting