[CentOS] Changing Root E-Mail address

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.