Re: re-directing root's email ?

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 03:21:40PM -0500, M.Hockings wrote:
> I notice that I see a bunch of different emails going to root on the 
> house server.  Since I don't often sign on as root is there an easy way 
> to re-direct all of root's email to my real email address?  Read "easy" 
> as meaning something that someone (me) not too highly skilled in RH will 
> be able to comprehend and do. ;-)
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Mike

Look in your aliases file (/etc/aliases for sendmail) near the
bottom.  There is probably a commented out dummy alias for root.
Uncomment it and put the desired recipient address there.  Then run

  newaliases

I think you may also need to restart sendmail

  service sendmail restart

Cheers,
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Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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