On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 12:53 -0400, Adam Jimerson wrote: > On Sunday 14 October 2007 12:12:19 pm Kenneth Schneider wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 11:19 -0400, Adam Jimerson wrote: > > > How do you tell the system which user openSUSE should send the system > > > mail to? I know in 10.2 this could be done through YaST -> User > > > Management, but that option is not there in 10.3. Any one have a clue of > > > where it has been moved to, or anyway other than YaST to do this? > > > > Easiest way is to edit /etc/aliases and add a line like: > > > > root: some_user_name > > > > Save the changes and run newaliases. All of this is done as the root > > user. > > > > -- > > Ken Schneider > > UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 > > Thank you I made the change and ran newaliases now I just need to wait and > see > if it works, assuming it doesn't matter where in the file you need add that > line.
It is easy enough to test, just send an email to root. From the command line you could use: mail -s test root You will then be able to type in some text and end the message by typing ctrl-d on a new line. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
