Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 22:05:29 -0500 From: epilogue@allstream.net To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: sendmail off - no more accounting message to root Message-ID: <20040319220529.3e7184fb@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20040320004407.GB38246@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20040319185823.09b12d26@localhost> <20040320003942.GA38246@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <20040320004407.GB38246@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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that ought to do the trick. many thanks for your help, matthew. ----------- On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 00:44:07 +0000 Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > 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: > > > > > because i'm only running a desktop and sylpheed has it's own mail > > > transport 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. > > > > > > 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? > > > > 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. > > > > 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="/var/log/daily.log" > weekly_output="/var/log/weekly.log" > monthly_output="/var/log/monthly.log" > > then the default /etc/newsyslog.conf is already setup to cycle those > logfiles neatly. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > 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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