check out the crontab file if you have these, SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO=root ===========================> that's what you are looking for HOME=/ # run-parts 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly ------------ Banyan He Blog: http://www.rootong.com Email: banyan at rootong.com On 2012-11-23 3:52 PM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: > Hi all > > I have a '/etc/cron.daily/push-to-backup' script which the content is: > > #!/bin/bash > /usr/bin/rsync [... long options line ...] > echo "finished pushing to the backup" > > Launched manually, it's OK. > > Waiting for cron to execute it, > In the "/var/log/cron", I see the starting time and the finish time, and > I see it take about 10 minutes to make the job. That's very fine, it's > the expected executioon time > > The problem is: I get no EMail. > In "/etc/cron.daily/", I also have "logwatch", whose EMail comes to me > without problem. > "/etc/aliases" is already setup to forward root and cron emails to my > email adress. > Testing the MTA (Exim) on command-line: success (anyway, logwatch also > success on sending email) > > > On another centos5 machine, the same script, the mail is sent. > > On the Centos 6: > $ rpm -aq | grep cron > crontabs-1.10-33.el6.noarch > cronie-1.4.4-7.el6.x86_64 > cronie-anacron-1.4.4-7.el6.x86_64 > > On the Centos 5: > $ rpm -aq | grep cron > crontabs-1.10-8 > vixie-cron-4.1-81.el5 > anacron-2.3-45.el5.centos > > > How to setup the Centos6 system so that the cron sends me an email the > script output?? >