Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 15:26:00 +0300 From: =?UTF-8?B?0KDRg9GB0LvQsNC9INCR0YPRgNGF0LDQvdC+0LI=?= <r100500b@gmail.com> To: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how to change daily cron emails to go to user account instead of root Message-ID: <CAGzH003c6dQUt48mTC3cXtqVXZF-334qwgU_obzF=StaPDkNEw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <55E2FDFA.7090301@qeng-ho.org> References: <55DF057F.6040205@gmail.com> <55DF0C75.5000907@qeng-ho.org> <55DF0DB3.3040400@qeng-ho.org> <CAGzH002f-YFRMKweeBMvcLvkx1oxnsNMHTNPRJ%2B8rSCz4kxHBg@mail.gmail.com> <55E2F727.2040804@gmail.com> <55E2FDFA.7090301@qeng-ho.org>
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Ernie, look:
Open you rc.conf, copy string and modify flags for cron daemon:
cron_flags=3D"-j 60 -m 'YOU@MAIL'"
Then, restart cron daemon (it is not necessary reboot system):
/etc/rc.d/cron restart
Then take a look on cron process:
ps auxww | grep cron
If you doing all okey, it will be something like:
root 561 0.0 0.1 7984 1528 ?? Is 3:16PM 0:00.01
/usr/sbin/cron -j 60 -m YOU@MAIL -s
2015-08-30 15:58 GMT+03:00 Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org>:
> On 30/08/2015 13:29, Ernie Luzar wrote:
>
>> =D0=A0=D1=83=D1=81=D0=BB=D0=B0=D0=BD =D0=91=D1=83=D1=80=D1=85=D0=B0=D0=
=BD=D0=BE=D0=B2 wrote:
>>
>>> man cron
>>>
>>> -m mailto
>>> Overrides the default recipient for cron mail. Each
>>> crontab(5)
>>> without MAILTO explicitly set will send mail to the
>>> mailto mail=E2=80=90
>>> box. Sending mail will be disabled by default if mailto
>>> set to a
>>> null string, usually specified in a shell as '' or "".
>>>
>>> So you just can add this option on cron flags from rc.conf, like:
>>>
>>> cron_flags=3D"-m 'root@mymail.com <mailto:root@mymail.com>'"
>>>
>>> and restart cron daemon.
>>>
>> snip
>>
>> This method seemed the simplest so I gave it a try.
>> The host has a user account called bob. I want all cron email to go to
>> bob and not root.
>> I use postfix and sendmail is disabled.
>>
>> I put cron_flags=3D"-m bob" in /etc/rc.conf and rebooted the host.
>> Next morning the daily cron email still went to root.
>>
>> 1. Is there a way to scan rc.conf to verify all the included options are
>> valid and accepted?
>> 2. Since root and bob are on the same host is @mydomain really required?
>> 3. Any ideas why it did not work and no errors were generated?
>>
>
> The periodic script does its own output using this:
>
> output_pipe()
> {
> # Where's our output going ?
> eval output=3D\$${1##*/}_output
> case "$output" in
> /*) pipe=3D"cat >>$output";;
> "") pipe=3Dcat;;
> *) pipe=3D"mail -E -s '$host ${2}${2:+ }${1##*/} run output' $output=
";;
> esac
> eval $pipe
> }
>
> You need to override the various *_output variables periodic uses in
> /etc/periodic.conf. See my earlier mail on the subject.
>
> --
> Those who do not learn from computing history are doomed to
> GOTO 1
>
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