From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 13 18:13:44 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 72BEB16A402 for ; Sat, 13 May 2006 18:13:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-142-072.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.142.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9064E43D45 for ; Sat, 13 May 2006 18:13:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p17.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.6/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k4DIDMad044240; Sat, 13 May 2006 13:13:23 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20060513131230.026801e0@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 13:13:08 -0500 To: "Gerard Seibert" From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <317253d70605131108x444e4774rad24cd0b3ad31401@mail.gmail.co m> References: <20060513134302.4C95.GERARD@seibercom.net> <6.0.0.22.2.20060513125615.02680970@mail.computinginnovations.com> <317253d70605131108x444e4774rad24cd0b3ad31401@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No 'root' entry in /var/mail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 18:13:44 -0000 I don't know why it wasn't created. It was in older versions of FreeBSD. -Derek At 01:08 PM 5/13/2006, Gerard Seibert wrote: >On 5/13/06, Derek Ragona wrote: >>You can create that file, or set your account to get the root mail in >>/etc/mail/aliases. Be sure to run newaliases if you do that. >> >> -Derek >> >> >>At 12:47 PM 5/13/2006, Gerard Seibert wrote: >> >I just installed the new FBSD 6.1 on a new HD. The installation went >> >well. Shortly after installation, Sendmail started complaining. I >> >discovered that there is no entry for 'root' in the /var/mail directory. >> >I can 'su' into root, so I know it exists. It was always there on >> >previous versions of FSBD. >> > >> >Should I try to create the user 'root', or just ignore it? I do not want >> >to mess up the system. >> > >> >-- >> >Gerard Seibert >> >gerard@seibercom.net > >That is what I did. I just had not had time to setup Sendmail, etc. >since I had only just installed the new OS. I am really curious though >as to why there was no root entry there. > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. >MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.