auto send email at bootup

carboncopy · 01-20-2005, 11:31 PM

Hi!

I would like to a machine to send email of it's ifconfig everytime it boot up. How can I do this? Thanks.

btmiller · 01-20-2005, 11:36 PM

Which distro? The general procedure would be to add a call to the mail command in your rc.local file or its equivalent.

carboncopy · 01-20-2005, 11:44 PM

Slackware current.

Well, the prob is I don't know how to send email via command line.
mail command? Alright, will start digging from there.

If someone have the complete solution. Please share.

carboncopy · 01-21-2005, 12:05 AM

Which package does mail come from?

fetchmail
getmail
metamail
procmail
sendmail
????

jschiwal · 01-21-2005, 01:13 AM

You may want to use a "here document" in your script.

example:

$DATENOW=`date`
/usr/sbin/sendmail -t <<endofmessage
From: root@someplace.com
To: nobody@noplace.you.know.com
Subject: computer restarted

The computer has been restarted at $DATE
endofmessage

carboncopy · 01-21-2005, 02:12 AM

thanks jschiwal.

does that mean I got to configure sendmail?

jschiwal · 01-21-2005, 04:54 PM

Postfix, and others have a program called sendmail so that scripts like yours will still work.
Or just find out what the equivalent program is that you already have installed and modify your script.

carboncopy · 01-30-2005, 12:39 AM

Can I use mutt to mail out instead? I do not wish to setup a email server on my machine.

If I can use mutt, how will the script look like? I am total newb for mutt. Reading tutorial and man page now.