forwarding logs

[Reuben D. Budiardja]

On Tuesday 05 April 2005 08:25, Burke, Thomas G. wrote:
> All,
>
>  Just reinstalled my server, and am having problems getting the logs
> forwarded where I want.  In the past, I've had all logs forwarded to my
> work e-mail.  I have one set working, but only because I have changed
> root's email address deep down inside some scripts.  I've put a ".forward"
> in root's home directory, but the system does not seem to be forwarding
> mail.  What am I doing wrong?

I usually just edit the /etc/aliases file to have an email for root forwarded 
to a different account:

root: me at workemail.com

Then run 'newaliases'. 

If you use .forward file, the pitfall is usually with the permission of 
the .forward file. Take a look at /var/log/maillog or /var/log/messages (ie. 
grep for ".forward"). 

You should not need to cange anything in the log script itself. 

RDB
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Reuben D. Budiardja
Dept. Physics and Astronomy
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

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