Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 00:44:07 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: epilogue@allstream.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail off - no more accounting message to root Message-ID: <20040320004407.GB38246@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20040320003942.GA38246@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20040319185823.09b12d26@localhost> <20040320003942.GA38246@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 12:39:42AM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 06:58:23PM -0500, epilogue@allstream.net wrote:
>=20
> > because i'm only running a desktop and sylpheed has it's own mail trans=
port
> > system, i shut down sendmail. however, since making this change, i've
> > noticed that the root account is no longer receiving the daily
> > accounting digest.
> >=20
> > i've had a look at the 310.accounting file in periodic, but am not sure
> > what to change to get the accounting back. is sendmail an absolute
> > requirement for this service or is there some other way one of you might
> > now about?
>=20
> Try looking at /etc/defaults/periodic.conf instead -- it's a lot
> clearer in there how to make the daily/weekly/monthly jobs write their
> output to a log file rather than in an e-mail.
>=20
> Nb. Don't edit /etc/defaults/periodic.conf -- just create
> /etc/periodic.conf and put in there the settings you wish to override.
Bah! I'll forget me own head next. I meant to say that if you set the
output to log files like so:
daily_output=3D"/var/log/daily.log"
weekly_output=3D"/var/log/weekly.log"
monthly_output=3D"/var/log/monthly.log"
then the default /etc/newsyslog.conf is already setup to cycle those
logfiles neatly.
Cheers,
Matthew
--=20
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks
Savill Way
PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow
Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
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