On 4/16/05, tonydm <inbox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I watched the recent thread regarding the root's email settings, hoping > to get from it the answer for my problem. And perhaps it was there but > I missed it. So forgive me if this was indeed covered. > > I'm trying to configure my system so that messages sent to the root > account are forwarded on to me. I am running logcheck and want all > warnings to be emailed to me. I have edited the line following #Person > who should get root's mail in /etc/aliases to read root: > me-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (example to state the obvious). I have then > run newaliases. Here's my trouble, or lack of understanding. I am not > getting any of the roots messages. I do not have a mailserver running > on this box. Sendmail is stopped. How should I/or should I need to > configure an email account in thunderbird or the like? How do I forward > the roots mail to me-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx? I'm missing something > obvious, but this greenhorn could use your help. > > Thanks for your contributions! > > tonydm I don't think you need all that. If you have sendmail running, just do, in your root home folder: > echo me-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > .forward this should automatically forward all root mail to me-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.13 - Release Date: 4/16/2005 > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Gustavo Seabra Graduate Student Chemistry Dept. Kansas State University Registered Linux user number 381680 ------------------------------------------------------------------ If at first you don't succeed... ...skydiving is not for you.
