Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 15:52:42 +0930 From: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> To: Alexander Moisseev <moiseev@mezonplus.ru>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to change daily cron emails to go to user account instead of root Message-ID: <55DFFE32.3020508@ShaneWare.Biz> In-Reply-To: <55DF082D.8040001@mezonplus.ru> References: <55DF057F.6040205@gmail.com> <55DF082D.8040001@mezonplus.ru>
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On 27/08/2015 22:23, Alexander Moisseev wrote: > On 27.08.2015 15:41, Ernie Luzar wrote: >> The part that is not clear is where do I place this MAILTO environment >> variable? > > Have you seen the EXAMPLE CRON FILE section of the man 5 crontab? > > EXAMPLE CRON FILE > # use /bin/sh to run commands, overriding the default set by cron > SHELL=/bin/sh > # mail any output to `paul', no matter whose crontab this is > MAILTO=paul > # > # run five minutes after midnight, every day > 5 0 * * * $HOME/bin/daily.job >> $HOME/tmp/out 2>&1 Another option is to use the .forward file. echo "\paul" >> /root/.forward see man forward -- FreeBSD - the place to B...Software Developing Shane Ambler
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