On Thu, 07 Jun 2001 01:52:16 BST, Colin wrote: > walt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >After a recent dist-upgrade I started getting > >empty email messages every day from root, with > >a domain name the same as in /etc/mailname . > > > >I don't remember when /etc/mailname was generated, > >or by which config program, so I don't recall > >what purpose the file serves. > > > >Any thoughts on what I need to reconfigure to > >get the daily system notices arriving again? > > /etc/mailname is the file all packages are supposed to use to get the > hostname for outgoing mail and news messages they generate. If it's > wrong, go ahead and change it. > > My guess is that that isn't related to why you're getting empty mails, > though; you could check root's crontab and /etc/cron* for a start as to > what you might need to look at, but from a distance it's hard to tell. >
Sorry, I missed the first posting about this. I have the same situation, an empty mail from / to root. It's being generated by a daemon that wants to report something, but is not working properly. I reviewed my system logs, it seemed that snort was bungled. I guessed this because the empty mail message came to me at 07:35:02 -0400, and snort usually mails me at 07:35:02 -0400. You should look to see if there is a consistant time that the blank mails are being delivered. You may have a similar situation. As for my situation, I'll know if I fixed it tommorrow morning ;) -- Paul T. Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -currently seeking employment-