From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 3 22: 3:11 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7266437B401 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 22:03:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35D5C43F3F for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 22:03:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-a208.otenet.gr [212.205.215.208]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h1462wig017818 for ; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 08:02:58 +0200 (EET) Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h1462vUg038321 for ; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 08:02:57 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h144Rl0M012909; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 06:27:47 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 06:27:47 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Dragoncrest Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Daily reports disappearing Message-ID: <20030204042747.GA12794@gothmog.gr> References: <4.2.0.58.20030203065833.0096c340@pop.voyager.net> <4.2.0.58.20030203065833.0096c340@pop.voyager.net> <4.2.0.58.20030203225534.00950920@pop.voyager.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20030203225534.00950920@pop.voyager.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 2003-02-03 22:59, Dragoncrest wrote: >At 04:25 PM 2/3/03 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>On 2003-02-03 06:59, Dragoncrest wrote: >>>Hi all. Since bringing up one of my new boxes recently I've >>>noticed that I'm not getting any of my reports from that box. I >>>checked the aliases file and root does point to my email address >>>and when I test it, mail is forwarded to that address. But if I >>>run a daily report, nothing comes through. Any suggestions? >> >>Does your /etc/defaults/periodic.conf file contain the following? >> >>$ grep _output= /etc/defaults/periodic.conf >>daily_output="root" # user or /file >>daily_status_security_output="root" # user or /file >>weekly_output="root" # user or /file >>monthly_output="root" # user or /file >>$ >> >>If not, have you by any chance upgraded recently using the source? >>Did you remember to run 'mergemaster' after 'make installworld'? > > No, this is a clean install, so I haven't had a chance to do any > special kernel configurations or installworlds or anything like that > yet. I looked in the file for all of those entries you mentioned and yes, > they are in there. I also checked and neither one of the two default > override files (periodic_conf_files="/etc/periodic.conf and > /etc/periodic.conf.local) are there. Then, I'm not sure what is wrong with your mail setup. You should, minimally, check the following things: - Your /etc/syslog.conf for mail.* messages - The /var/log/maillog file (or wherever syslog.conf points) - Sendmail's configuration in /etc/rc.conf - Your sendmail.cf and related files in /etc/mail Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message