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Re: [opensuse] Activating system root messages to /var/mail/'username'
- From: Patrick Shanahan <ptilopteri@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 23:41:20 -0400
- Message-id: <20070601034120.GA29400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
* Registration Account <alpha096@xxxxxxxxxx> [05-31-07 22:59]:
> In version 10.1 part on the install had a small box during the stage
> of defining users "to receive System mail"
>
> These messages were sent to /var/mail/'username' and were in mbox
> format and could be read by your email client under a "local delivery"
> or "movemail" type server.
>
> In 10.2 I did not see the option as part of the install.
>
> Does anyone know where in Yast you go to to active these messages. If
> I have to revert to a command line then that's o.k to.
>
> Any clues or answers?
edit /etc/aliases
(and notice, I answered your question after you asked, not before :^)
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> In version 10.1 part on the install had a small box during the stage
> of defining users "to receive System mail"
>
> These messages were sent to /var/mail/'username' and were in mbox
> format and could be read by your email client under a "local delivery"
> or "movemail" type server.
>
> In 10.2 I did not see the option as part of the install.
>
> Does anyone know where in Yast you go to to active these messages. If
> I have to revert to a command line then that's o.k to.
>
> Any clues or answers?
edit /etc/aliases
(and notice, I answered your question after you asked, not before :^)
--
Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711
http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2
OpenSUSE Linux http://en.opensuse.org/
Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org
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For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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