Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 14:06:03 -0500 From: sn1tch <dot.sn1tch@gmail.com> To: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: security logs being mailed to root Message-ID: <a82b971905030411064f02b77@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4228AA3C.8090703@daleco.biz> References: <a82b9719050304055971cafa04@mail.gmail.com> <20050304170841.GA21793@netbox.yi.org> <4228AA3C.8090703@daleco.biz>
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On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 12:34:36 -0600, Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> wrote: > 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? > >> > >> > >>Thanks, > >>Joe > >> > >> > >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? > > > > > > And ... > > If the logs and such exist, then syslogd is probably OK. Otherwise > check syslogd first. > > Next, make sure that crond is running. Don't know why it wouldn't > be, be might as well check. > > Then, check sendmail. Depending on settings, this might be the > issue. If syslogd is working as expected, you should find a note > in /var/mail/maillog (about 3:0x a.m. system time) that shows a mail > going to "root@somebox.tld". > > Which brings us to /etc/mail/aliases. Is the alias for "root" pointing > to your email address? > > I'm sure there's stuff I may have missed as well, but here's the start > of a debug checklist. > > HTH, > > Kevin Kinsey Crontab doesnt have any listings and rc.conf shows this... sendmail_enable="NONE" syslogd_flags="-ss" and in /etc/periodic there are dail weekly monthly and security folders. I chose not to build sendmail at all, or any type of mail server for that matter, but why would that affect it because a friend of mine has a fresh install of 5.3 and he gets the logs, no problems. Would a specific option in a custom kernel cause it to not send. syslog.conf shows security.* /var/log/security is there anything else I can show you guys/girls to help out? Thanks for the help
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