Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 14:43:46 +0100 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> 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: <55E5AB92.20005@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <55E59B36.1050606@gmail.com> 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> <CAGzH003c6dQUt48mTC3cXtqVXZF-334qwgU_obzF=StaPDkNEw@mail.gmail.com> <55E59B36.1050606@gmail.com>
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On 01/09/2015 13:33, Ernie Luzar wrote: > Руслан Бурханов wrote: >> Ernie, look: >> >> Open you rc.conf, copy string and modify flags for cron daemon: >> >> cron_flags="-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 >> > Thank you Руслан Бурханов for the informative reply. > I did as you said and still the cron email went to root.instead of to bob. > > I edited rc.conf and added this cron_flags="-m 'bob@mydomain'" followed > by "service cron restart" console command. > ps auxww console command showed > root 1953 0,0 0.2 10184 1940 - Is 1:05PM 0:00.30 /usr/sbin/cron -m > bob@mydomain -s > > I am running version 10.2 on the host. In the /var/log/maillog file I > can see postfix messages showing root receiving the emails. > rc.conf hostname= option value is the same as the mydomain value in the > cron_flags= option. > Looks and acts like cron is not processing the over ride destination at > daily cron security check time. > Other than this problem of over ridding the cron email destination every > thing seems to be working as one would expect. > Is this enough to declare this a bug and submit a bug report? > Can you suggest other tests I can do to help debug this problem? In the case of mail from periodic (the usual source of mail to root) there is no bug. I've already explained to you that periodic reroutes its output independent of cron's settings, and I've shown you how to deal with that. You've also had the suggestion of using aliases to ensure that any mail to root *whatever its origins* goes to some other user. Have you tried either of those techniques? -- Those who do not learn from computing history are doomed to GOTO 1
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