forwarding logs

[Smith, Albert]

Can you post your sendmail.cf file?

Albert Smith
Sr. Unix Systems Administrator
HPCSA, RHCT
Genex Services
440 E. Swedesford Rd.
Wayne, PA 19087
albert.smith at genexservices.com
(610) 964-5154
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Burke, Thomas G.
> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 2:09 PM
> To: David.Bear at asu.edu; General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: RE: forwarding logs
> 
> Yes, I am getting e-mails.  It seems to follow as I said 
> below...  Interesting - if I mail to root, I get the mail, 
> but as I said, it there seemd to be a dependance on having a 
> domain on the address in the scripts.  I did not start 
> getting any mails from cron until I modified its mailto 
> option.  Same with another script.  Seems I saw something 
> about this when looking through sendmail docs, but I don't 
> recall the specifics.
>  
> Someone else asked what version - I'm running RH 6.2 with all 
> updates up to, but not including 7.1 releases - kernel 
> 2.2.24...  I've not upgraded, as my ipchains firewall works 
> wonderfully, & I don't have the time to sit down & learn 
> iptables.  Besides, 6.2 has been working great for 5 years or so, now.
>  
>     -Tom
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of David Bear
> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 1:33 PM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: forwarding logs
> 
> 
> 
> are you getting any emails? maybe its not the syslog system, 
> but the mail system. 
> 
> try going into a standard user account, create a .forward 
> file, then as root, sent a mail message to that user. check 
> the destination mailbox to make sure it was delivered. Then 
> check /var/log/messages or /var/log/maillog to see if there 
> are any usefull error messages. 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 09:04:34AM -0400, Burke, Thomas G. wrote: 
> > I've done all this (except the permission checking)...  No 
> change so far.  What *should* the permissions be? 
> >  
> >     -Tom
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [ 
> > mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Reuben 
> D. Budiardja
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 8:34 AM
> > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> > Subject: Re: forwarding logs
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 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
> > --
> > Reuben D. Budiardja
> > Dept. Physics and Astronomy
> > University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
> > 
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