howto enable to receive system mail if it was not selectet

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Hello guys!

I have a question regarding system mail notifications; I created some crons for my server, buf unfortunately I’m not able to receive notifications via email when something was wrong… I think this is because the option “receive system mail” was not selected when the server was installed.
So, I’d like to enable to receive system mails to local accounts, because I need them.

Someone could help me?
I was not able to find the option… thank you very much in advance.

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YaST > Security and Users > User and Group Management > Select user > Edit > Enable Receive System Mail button

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Hi
YaAT->Security and Users->User and Group Management. Edit the user you
wish to receive system mail by selecting the checkbox.

For the CLI;


sudo vi /etc/aliases

Add the user name in the 'root:' line, save and exit, then run the
command;

newaliases

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.0 x86 Kernel 2.6.25.11-0.1-default
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GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 173.14.12

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Thank you for your prompt answer; I don’t see the “receive system mail” checkbox.
YaST -> Security and Users -> User Management -> (I select one user) Edit -> and there are some options like “disable user login” but the one I need.
I’m using OpenSUSE 10.3 x64

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Hi
So you need to use the CLI method :slight_smile:

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.0 x86 Kernel 2.6.25.11-0.1-default
up 20:40, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.06
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 173.14.12