monthly run output how to enable?

[sy5tem]

i received an email saying this...



Doing login accounting:
total 0.00
Posting monthly OS statistics disabled
set monthly_statistics_enable="YES" in /etc/periodic.conf

-- End of monthly output --


i really need to edit /etc/periodic.conf ? is that not gone on upgrade after? is there another way to enablke the monthly output?


thank you

 

[Fig Newton]

I have been receiving these too. I have tried a few things but have been unsuccessful.

Did you ever figure it out?

Thanks.

 

[fracai]

It's not telling you there's a problem. It's letting you know what you would change if you want your stats to be uploaded to the FreeBSD site.

 

[Brand]

It's not telling you there's a problem. It's letting you know what you would change if you want your stats to be uploaded to the FreeBSD site.

Now thats funny. People trying to change settings without even having a clue of what they are.

 

[nello]

Please don't laugh or flame: How does one edit this /etc/periodic.conf ? Is it possible to use a GUI text editor?

 

[dlavigne]

One could use the vi text editor in Shell, but the changes would be overwritten after a reboot or upgrade. If this feature is important to you, create a feature request at bugs.freenas.org asking for either the monthly be enabled or the ability to edit periodic.conf be added to the GUI.

 

[nello]

Done!

https://bugs.freenas.org/issues/3548