From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 19 16:44:14 2004 Return-Path: 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 C2BD216A4CE for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:44:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A8F643D39 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:44:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i2K0i7aQ038493 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 20 Mar 2004 00:44:07 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i2K0i7RL038492; Sat, 20 Mar 2004 00:44:07 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 00:44:07 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: epilogue@allstream.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040320004407.GB38246@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , epilogue@allstream.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20040319185823.09b12d26@localhost> <20040320003942.GA38246@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Pd0ReVV5GZGQvF3a" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040320003942.GA38246@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040316, clamav-milter version 0.67l Subject: Re: sendmail off - no more accounting message to root X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 00:44:14 -0000 --Pd0ReVV5GZGQvF3a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 12:39:42AM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 06:58:23PM -0500, epilogue@allstream.net wrote: >=20 > > because i'm only running a desktop and sylpheed has it's own mail trans= port > > system, i shut down sendmail. however, since making this change, i've > > noticed that the root account is no longer receiving the daily > > accounting digest. > >=20 > > i've had a look at the 310.accounting file in periodic, but am not sure > > what to change to get the accounting back. is sendmail an absolute > > requirement for this service or is there some other way one of you might > > now about? >=20 > Try looking at /etc/defaults/periodic.conf instead -- it's a lot > clearer in there how to make the daily/weekly/monthly jobs write their > output to a log file rather than in an e-mail. >=20 > Nb. Don't edit /etc/defaults/periodic.conf -- just create > /etc/periodic.conf and put in there the settings you wish to override. Bah! I'll forget me own head next. I meant to say that if you set the output to log files like so: daily_output=3D"/var/log/daily.log" weekly_output=3D"/var/log/weekly.log" monthly_output=3D"/var/log/monthly.log" then the default /etc/newsyslog.conf is already setup to cycle those logfiles neatly. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --Pd0ReVV5GZGQvF3a Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAW5PXdtESqEQa7a0RAguNAJ9/ZYsHL68TreXVD+vT1nker3ApHQCeOjpq G9JtocATAESW2TJ3j+rshp4= =tn+3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Pd0ReVV5GZGQvF3a--