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Hello Ben, |
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On Saturday 13 November 2004 18:29, Ben Munat wrote: |
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> I don't really want to bother installing a whole mail app just for this. |
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> Isn't there some command to do simple mail that I can configure cron to |
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> use? Or, maybe I can put a full email address in the MAILTO in the crontab? |
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Don't know if i'm right but wasn't ssmtp usefull for this? It is installed by |
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default on all my Gentoo boxes (if not: "emerge ssmtp") but how it works i |
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don't know! I have replaced it with qmail on all my machines. I would |
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recommend you to run a SMTP interface of some kind on your box to get error |
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messages from cron. |
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Which cron do you have installed? There is a difference between vixie-cron and |
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fcron handling the /etc/crontab file. I recommend to use fcron or dcron. |
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Here is an example of running a command from /etc/crontab for a different user |
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in vixie-cron: |
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0 2 * * * hanez /home/hanez/bin/stats.sh |
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I think it's the same syntax for other crons... |
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> PS: or maybe there's somewhere that cron puts the output when it can't |
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> mail it? |
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I don't know about that... :( |
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Good Luck |
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Johannes |
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