Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 11:18:19 -0700 From: Benjamin Keating <motionsiren@gmail.com> To: ananth_g@sifycorp.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> Subject: Re: syslog messages Message-ID: <781e2bc005052311184e1a7a4e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4291773D.6060509@sifycorp.com> References: <42916690.1030205@gmail.com> <6.1.0.6.2.20050522222459.05956bc0@cobalt.antimatter.net> <4291773D.6060509@sifycorp.com>
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I usually do (as root): $ echo <email-addy> > ~/.forward this way sendmail and it's conf remain the same. less modification and changes can be easily found. On 5/22/05, ananth_g@sifycorp.com <ananth.g@gmail.com> wrote: > thanks glenn, > it worked >=20 > regrds, > ananth.g >=20 > Glenn Dawson wrote: >=20 > > At 10:13 PM 5/22/2005, you wrote: > > > >> hi, > >> when i get an error or warning in my system, a mail is sent to the > >> root user. > >> does anyone know how to change the settings so that the mail is sent t= o > >> my mail id instead of localhost id ? > > > > > > Just change where the root alias in /etc/mail/aliases points to. > > > > for example: > > > > root: user@domain.com > > > > don't forget to run newaliases after you make the change. > > > > (this all assumes you're using sendmail) > > > > -Glenn > > > >> thanks guys. > >> regrds, > >> ananth.g > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >
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