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Old 05-11-2005, 09:10 AM   #1
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I've tried putting this as the last line of my rc.local

mailx -s 'Machine booted' test@besked.co.uk

but it does not work. Its works ok from the prompt as root. I even tried putting it into .sh script and gave it chmod 777, but it still did not help.

Any ideas?
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Old 05-11-2005, 09:27 AM   #2
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try adding the '-r <fromuser>' flag to it
 
Old 05-11-2005, 09:35 AM   #3
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