Re: Why syslog is not rotating?
On Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 06:18:42AM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:
> On 20131104_105718, Itay wrote:
> > On Sun, 3 Nov 2013, Reco wrote:
> >
> > >On Sun, 3 Nov 2013 17:16:02 +0200 (IST)
> > >Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm> wrote:
> > >
> > >>On Sun, 3 Nov 2013, Reco wrote:
> >
> > >[...] Is there anything suspicious in the root mailbox?
> >
> > root mail box has daily messages like this starting at june 2010
> > (yes, I know, bad me)
>
> A lot has changed since I was skilled at Debian install, but I
> remember that there was a way to automatically forward all emails
> that are sent to root to some other mailbox, like your own user
> mailbox. That way you would have become aware of your problem
> back in june 2010. Whatever you do to fix logrotate problem, don't
> forget to root mail forwarding to a place where you regularly
> read your mail. Do this by adding a line to /etc/aliases (I think)
Yes. In /etc/aliases, make sure that there is a line like this:
root: debian@itayf.fastmail.fm
(use whatever address is desired.)
and then, as root:
# newaliases
Then send an email to root to check that mail is going where you
want it to go.
This method works for machines running exim (Debian default),
postfix, and sendmail. If you run something else, you are
expected to be able to figure it out from the documentation.
-dsr-
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