On Wed, 22 Dec 2010, Les Mikesell wrote: *snipped* > And, there may be other interesting/critical mail coming to root. > Good point. I always have root's email sent to my own user account. That's one of the things my ALI scripts sets up for me. echo echo "Processing /etc/aliases config file" echo # Backup the newly installed aliases configuration file. cp -vpR $ETC_DIR/aliases $ETC_DIR/aliases$ORG_SUFX echo # Use sed to edit the new aliases file and change # who should get root's email. echo "Setting up who gets root's email" sed -i s/#root:.*marc/'root: keith'/ $2/aliases echo cat $ETC_DIR/aliases echo Kind Regards, Keith Roberts -- In theory, theory and practice are the same; in practice they are not. This email was sent from my laptop with Centos 5.5