From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 17 07:16:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA23794 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 07:16:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA23738 for ; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 07:16:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id JAA18153; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 09:15:15 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199807171415.JAA18153@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: mail from os In-Reply-To: <35AF5598.5E00360D@graphnet.com> from Roman Katsnelson at "Jul 17, 98 09:46:00 am" To: romank@graphnet.com (Roman Katsnelson) Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 09:15:15 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, Roman Katsnelson said: > Hi, > > Every morning when I log on I have mail from root > > "_host_ security check" and > "_host_ dailt runoutp" > > I would like to disable them. Can someone advise on whether or not this > is a horrible idea, and if not let me know how to disable it? It's not a good idea. But you could redirect the mail output to another user, such as nobody. It would be better to save it to some user that you could go and check if needed. You'll find it in /etc/crontab -- Drugs made me do it. --from "Excuses, Excuses" *the* compendium of excuses by Leigh W. Rutledge To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message