How to forward mail to root?

stefaandk · 06-20-2005, 12:25 AM

As a lot of the email like for logwatch is going to the root account, how can I actually set it up that everything send to root is then forwarded to another email address.

Not just for logwatch but basically anything across the boad.

Thx.

btmiller · 06-20-2005, 12:29 AM

Two ways:

(1) Create a .forward file in root's home dir with the address(es) you want the mail forwarded to.

(2) Edit /etc/mail/aliases (format should be straightforward just looking at the file).

stefaandk · 06-20-2005, 12:36 AM

Thx, that should get me going, now in order for me to test this.

How can I force an event that would send mail to that root account?

scowles · 06-20-2005, 06:13 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by stefaandk
Thx, that should get me going, now in order for me to test this.

How can I force an event that would send mail to that root account?

No need to force an event. While logged into the system you are trying to configure, just send an e-mail to root. If you have configured /etc/aliases correctly, then the e-mail will be sent to the aliased account. Thus, when logwatch runs, the report will be sent to the aliased account.

Code:

[scowles@excelsior ~]$ mail root
Subject: Test
This is a Test.
.
Cc:
[scowles@excelsior ~]$