This is not an MRTG problem. Cron sends the output of the jobs it ran to the user who owned them (as specified in the MAILTO variable in crontab). If you don't want the emails add the following to the end of your cron entry: > /dev/null 2>&1 (example cron entry would look something like: */5 * * * * /etc/mrtg_scripts/mrtg_5_min_update_cron.sh > /dev/null 2>&1) In my MRTG setup, I am logging to /var/log/mrtg.log and the only things that get logged are warnings or errors (such as when a switch, for whatever reason, stops responding to snmp queries). This file is usually empty.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a PRIVATE message. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete without copying and kindly advise us by e-mail of the mistake in delivery. NOTE: Regardless of content, this e-mail shall not operate to bind CSC to any order or other contract unless pursuant to explicit written agreement or government initiative expressly permitting the use of e-mail for such purpose. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Andy Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/16/2007 02:20 PM To <[email protected]> cc Subject [mrtg] Re: logging I added write to the group and other so everything now has read, write and execute but still nothing. I have MRTG/RRD running under root. -----Original Message----- From: Alvaro Luiz Maia Motta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 11:54 AM To: Andy Lewis; [email protected] Subject: RES: [mrtg] logging Check user's permissions on the /var/log. HTH AL -----Mensagem original----- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Em nome de Andy Lewis Enviada em: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 12:43 PM Para: [email protected] Assunto: [mrtg] logging Hi all I seem to have a problem with Logging. I am running MRTG/RRD on Linux Enterprise 4 and I put the logging statements into my crontab ( --logging /var/log/routers.log)but It wont log. What does happen is that my mail file (/var/spool/mail/) gets inundated with all of the log files and gets so big that I can't even open it and I end up having to delete it. I have successfully run MRTG/RRD for years on Windows but I thought that it would run better on Linux. So far Windows is 10x faster. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Andy Lewis Network Engineer Greenfield Online Phone: 203-846-5776 Fax: 203-834-8686 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/mrtg FAQ http://faq.mrtg.org Homepage http://www.mrtg.org WebAdmin http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/lsg2.cgi ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned by Spam Manager Email Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. ______________________________________________________________________ -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/mrtg FAQ http://faq.mrtg.org Homepage http://www.mrtg.org WebAdmin http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/lsg2.cgi -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/mrtg FAQ http://faq.mrtg.org Homepage http://www.mrtg.org WebAdmin http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/lsg2.cgi
