Re: [SLE] YOU Update Emails

From: Scott Leighton (helphand_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 06/04/05

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Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 13:31:17 -0700

    On Saturday 04 June 2005 1:17 pm, Sandy Drobic wrote:
    > Scott Leighton wrote:
    > > On the work box (9.1), after applying the update I received
    > > a couple of emails to root advising me that certain
    > > config files were 'rpmnew'd'.
    > >
    > > On the home box, I received nothing, but a quick
    > > check reveals that those same config files were,
    > > in fact, 'rpmnew'd'.
    > >
    > > So, what's borked on my home box (9.3) that is
    > > preventing those very useful emails from being
    > > sent? I have no clue where to look, so some
    > > pointers would be most helpful. Thanks!
    >
    > To receive those mails you need:
    > - to have a mailserver running, even if it's only on localhost (127.0.0.1).
    > - localhost must have rights to send messages (postfix: mynetworks)
    > - Also, since those mails are being sent to root, you need an alias to
    > redirect those root messages to your real account.
    >

       All of those conditions are satisfied on both boxes. root regularly
    receives crontab mail and various reports (like logwatch, rkhunter,
    etc). In fact, I swear this _used_ to work on the 9.3 box but I don't
    specifically know when it stopped working. Could have stopped when
    I upgraded to 9.2 or even when I upgraded to 9.3, I have no
    clue when.

       Scott 

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