Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 06:27:47 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Dragoncrest <dragoncrest@voyager.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Daily reports disappearing Message-ID: <20030204042747.GA12794@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20030203225534.00950920@pop.voyager.net> References: <4.2.0.58.20030203065833.0096c340@pop.voyager.net> <4.2.0.58.20030203065833.0096c340@pop.voyager.net> <4.2.0.58.20030203225534.00950920@pop.voyager.net>
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On 2003-02-03 22:59, Dragoncrest <dragoncrest@voyager.net> wrote: >At 04:25 PM 2/3/03 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>On 2003-02-03 06:59, Dragoncrest <dragoncrest@voyager.net> wrote: >>>Hi all. Since bringing up one of my new boxes recently I've >>>noticed that I'm not getting any of my reports from that box. I >>>checked the aliases file and root does point to my email address >>>and when I test it, mail is forwarded to that address. But if I >>>run a daily report, nothing comes through. Any suggestions? >> >>Does your /etc/defaults/periodic.conf file contain the following? >> >>$ grep _output= /etc/defaults/periodic.conf >>daily_output="root" # user or /file >>daily_status_security_output="root" # user or /file >>weekly_output="root" # user or /file >>monthly_output="root" # user or /file >>$ >> >>If not, have you by any chance upgraded recently using the source? >>Did you remember to run 'mergemaster' after 'make installworld'? > > No, this is a clean install, so I haven't had a chance to do any > special kernel configurations or installworlds or anything like that > yet. I looked in the file for all of those entries you mentioned and yes, > they are in there. I also checked and neither one of the two default > override files (periodic_conf_files="/etc/periodic.conf and > /etc/periodic.conf.local) are there. Then, I'm not sure what is wrong with your mail setup. You should, minimally, check the following things: - Your /etc/syslog.conf for mail.* messages - The /var/log/maillog file (or wherever syslog.conf points) - Sendmail's configuration in /etc/rc.conf - Your sendmail.cf and related files in /etc/mail Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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