From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 4 18:30:32 2005 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 87D5B16A4CE for ; Fri, 4 Mar 2005 18:30:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from outbox.allstream.net (outbox.allstream.net [207.245.244.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B708343D3F for ; Fri, 4 Mar 2005 18:30:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from epilogue@allstream.net) Received: from localhost (mon-pq62-147.dial.allstream.net [216.123.141.147]) by outbox.allstream.net (Allstream MTA) with ESMTP id B6CC01D10CE; Fri, 4 Mar 2005 13:22:50 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 13:29:44 -0500 From: epilogue To: exp@netbox.yi.org Message-ID: <20050304132944.4414e70f@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20050304170841.GA21793@netbox.yi.org> References: <20050304170841.GA21793@netbox.yi.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.0.1 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: sn1tch Subject: Re: security logs being mailed 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: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 18:30:32 -0000 On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 12:08:41 -0500 exp@netbox.yi.org wrote: > On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 08:59:45AM -0500, sn1tch wrote: > > When I ran FBSD 5.2.1 I used to get the daily, weekly, and monthly > > security logs and such mailed to root...now since I did a clean > > install with 5.3 I no longer get anything, when I log in I have no > > mail...what gives? I enjoyed reading them .. is there a way to get > > that functionality back? yet another possibility is that you have chosen not to build sendmail. if such is the case, you must either properly configure your MTA to handle this responsibility OR send the desired output directly to logs. for the former, i believe that the freebsd.org/handbook is a good reference. for the later, the following thread should get you started. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2004-September/059687.html > 5.3 also does this by default. Are you sure your computer is turned > on at the times these mails are sent, in /etc/crontab?