Add the following lines to /etc/periodic.conf(.local) to enable periodic check security_status_baseaudit_enable="YES" security_status_baseaudit_quiet="NO" Use pkg_chroots to provide a default list of chroots and pkg_jails to provide a default list of jails (or '*' for all jails) for all pkg periodic scripts, or set security_status_baseaudit_chroots and security_status_baseaudit_jails for this script only. You can also change following variables: security_status_baseaudit_period="daily" security_status_baseaudit_expiry="2"