On 12/22/2010 4:53 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
> On 12/22/10 2:24 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
>> If you're running sendmail, put an alias in /root/.forward. That gets
>> *all* root email forwarded to the appropriate account, not just cron
>> jobs. It also doesn't require editing of system files such as
>> /etc/aliases.
>
> that's a borderline bizarre rationale. /etc/aliases is specifically
> intended for this, even has a sample line in it to forward root's mail.
I suppose it does have the advantage of not having to deal with .rpmsave
or .rpmnew files if an update would ever modify the contents of
/etc/aliases.
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