Sybren Stuvel scratched on the wall:

> Which files are you checking for log entries btw?
>

Hi, Don't understand ... read the logs with gnome-system-log. It
checks /var/log/messages, and I think uses /etc/syslog.conf by default.
But, looking in that folder (/var/log/) there a *several* files. Which
suggests that A) mailx isn't receiving mail in /var/mail to "cmo" and
B) gnome-system-log isn't showing everything. Is that what you mean?

Gotta go back to work - CUL.
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oldNbald enlightened us with:
> Hi, Don't understand ... read the logs with gnome-system-log. It
> checks /var/log/messages

Which is the answer to my question. Apparently, you understand more
than you think ;-)

> and I think uses /etc/syslog.conf by default. But, looking in that
> folder (/var/log/) there a *several* files. Which suggests that A)
> mailx isn't receiving mail in /var/mail to "cmo" and B)
> gnome-system-log isn't showing everything. Is that what you mean?

The log entries should be in /var/log/messages. Just use 'less' or
'tail -f' or something to read them directly.

If you're in doubt about which files cron logs to, just do

grep -ri cron /var/log/*

Sybren
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Sybren Stuvel scratched on the wall:

> Which is the answer to my question. Apparently, you understand more
> than you think ;-)


Well, that's a switch ! <g>

> The log entries should be in /var/log/messages. Just use 'less' or
> 'tail -f' or something to read them directly.

Here's an item which causes curiosity, the path is /var/log ...
no /messages. Unless, you mean there should be
some /.../messages.*.bz2, and others like mail.*bz2. Here's what else
is interesting; there are mail.err.*.bz2. Of which, these two read:

mail.err.0
Oct 21 03:14:48 codybeau sSMTP[9839]: 573 root@_HOSTNAME_ failed to
route the address

and

mail.err.1
Oct 19 17:00:01 codybeau sSMTP[11320]: 573 root@_HOSTNAME_ failed to
route the address
Oct 20 03:14:40 codybeau sSMTP[8940]: 573 root@_HOSTNAME_ failed to
route the address

But this "domain" is pseudo and I wanted, even expected, cron to send
MAILTO= locally.
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oldNbald enlightened us with:
> Here's an item which causes curiosity, the path is /var/log ... no
> /messages. Unless, you mean there should be some
> /.../messages.*.bz2, and others like mail.*bz2.

Give us the output of 'ls -lR /var/log' please.

> mail.err.0 Oct 21 03:14:48 codybeau sSMTP[9839]: 573 root@_HOSTNAME_
> failed to route the address

There you go. You didn't configure your ssmtp correctly.

> But this "domain" is pseudo and I wanted, even expected, cron to
> send MAILTO= locally.

Never expect anything ;-)

Sybren
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Sybren Stuvel scratched on the wall:

> Give us the output of 'ls -lR /var/log' please.

Here you go:

--------begin------
codybeau root # ls -lR /var/log
/var/log:
total 3180
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42046 Oct 22 11:57 Xorg.0.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25931 Oct 20 23:40 Xorg.0.log.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2377 Sep 23 23:40 Xorg.20.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24518 Aug 27 12:27 Xorg.20.log.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1120 Aug 10 01:01 Xorg.8.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22003 Aug 10 01:01 Xorg.8.log.old
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 495 Oct 22 11:57 auth.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 3228 Oct 21 22:27 auth.log.0
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 894 Oct 21 00:23 auth.log.1.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 471 Oct 19 22:10 auth.log.2.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 385 Oct 18 21:56 auth.log.3.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 518 Oct 17 22:13 auth.log.4.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 388 Oct 16 18:46 auth.log.5.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 253 Oct 15 22:16 auth.log.6.bz2
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 9 17:19 cups
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Oct 22 03:13 daemon.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Oct 21 03:16 daemon.log.0
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 927 Oct 20 23:47 daemon.log.1.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 566 Oct 19 22:06 daemon.log.2.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 290 Oct 18 18:37 daemon.log.3.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 644 Oct 17 22:00 daemon.log.4.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 524 Oct 16 17:27 daemon.log.5.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 127 Oct 15 18:10 daemon.log.6.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Oct 22 03:13 debug
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Oct 21 03:16 debug.0
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 923 Oct 20 23:47 debug.1.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 697 Oct 19 22:06 debug.2.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 601 Oct 18 18:37 debug.3.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 832 Oct 17 22:00 debug.4.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 918 Oct 16 17:27 debug.5.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 15 03:15 debug.6.bz2
-rw-rw---- 1 portage portage 573877 Oct 21 22:26 emerge.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 154978 Sep 29 20:16 genkernel.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Oct 22 03:13 imapd.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Oct 21 03:16 imapd.log.0
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 20 03:15 imapd.log.1.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 19 03:16 imapd.log.2.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 18 03:13 imapd.log.3.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 17 03:15 imapd.log.4.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 16 03:15 imapd.log.5.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 15 03:15 imapd.log.6.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 558 Oct 22 11:55 kern.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 3348 Oct 21 22:27 kern.log.0
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 12158 Oct 21 00:23 kern.log.1.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 7625 Oct 19 22:10 kern.log.2.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 5948 Oct 18 21:56 kern.log.3.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 10202 Oct 17 22:14 kern.log.4.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 6100 Oct 16 17:27 kern.log.5.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 256 Oct 15 22:15 kern.log.6.bz2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 292876 Oct 22 11:55 lastlog
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Oct 22 03:13 lpr.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Oct 21 03:16 lpr.log.0
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 20 03:15 lpr.log.1.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 19 03:16 lpr.log.2.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 18 03:13 lpr.log.3.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 17 03:15 lpr.log.4.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 16 03:15 lpr.log.5.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 15 03:15 lpr.log.6.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Oct 22 03:13 mail.err
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 86 Oct 22 03:12 mail.err.0
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 125 Oct 21 03:14 mail.err.1.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 158 Oct 20 03:14 mail.err.2.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 125 Oct 19 03:14 mail.err.3.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 124 Oct 18 03:12 mail.err.4.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 16 03:15 mail.err.5.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 15 03:15 mail.err.6.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Oct 22 03:13 mail.info
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 86 Oct 22 03:12 mail.info.0
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 125 Oct 21 03:14 mail.info.1.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 158 Oct 20 03:14 mail.info.2.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 125 Oct 19 03:14 mail.info.3.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 124 Oct 18 03:12 mail.info.4.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 16 03:15 mail.info.5.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 15 03:15 mail.info.6.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Oct 22 03:13 mail.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 86 Oct 22 03:12 mail.log.0
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 125 Oct 21 03:14 mail.log.1.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 158 Oct 20 03:14 mail.log.2.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 125 Oct 19 03:14 mail.log.3.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 124 Oct 18 03:12 mail.log.4.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 16 03:15 mail.log.5.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 15 03:15 mail.log.6.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Oct 22 03:13 mail.warn
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 86 Oct 22 03:12 mail.warn.0
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 125 Oct 21 03:14 mail.warn.1.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 158 Oct 20 03:14 mail.warn.2.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 125 Oct 19 03:14 mail.warn.3.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 124 Oct 18 03:12 mail.warn.4.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 16 03:15 mail.warn.5.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 15 03:15 mail.warn.6.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 2991 Oct 22 11:55 messages
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 13234 Oct 21 22:27 messages.0
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 12829 Oct 21 00:23 messages.1.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 5520 Oct 16 17:27 messages.1.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 8049 Oct 19 22:10 messages.2.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 5422 Oct 9 19:47 messages.2.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 6281 Oct 18 21:56 messages.3.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 7743 Oct 2 22:59 messages.3.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 10585 Oct 17 22:14 messages.4.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 6038 Sep 26 19:12 messages.4.gz
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 17 03:10 messages.5.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 951 Oct 16 01:47 messages.6.bz2
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 9 13:59 news
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21260 Oct 20 23:52 ntp.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Oct 22 03:13 ppp.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Oct 21 03:16 ppp.log.0
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 20 03:15 ppp.log.1.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 19 03:16 ppp.log.2.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 18 03:13 ppp.log.3.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 17 03:15 ppp.log.4.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 16 03:15 ppp.log.5.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 15 03:15 ppp.log.6.bz2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 869935 Oct 10 10:23 scrollkeeper.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 9259 Oct 22 11:55 syslog
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 30697 Oct 22 03:12 syslog.0
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 15628 Oct 21 03:14 syslog.1.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 10114 Oct 20 03:14 syslog.2.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 8007 Oct 19 03:14 syslog.3.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 12719 Oct 18 03:12 syslog.4.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 7922 Oct 17 03:10 syslog.5.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 1965 Oct 16 03:10 syslog.6.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 2384 Oct 22 11:55 user.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 9837 Oct 21 22:27 user.log.0
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 1391 Oct 21 00:23 user.log.1.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 926 Oct 19 22:10 user.log.2.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 837 Oct 18 21:56 user.log.3.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 924 Oct 17 22:13 user.log.4.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 438 Oct 16 09:20 user.log.5.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 779 Oct 16 01:47 user.log.6.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Oct 22 03:13 uucp.log
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Oct 21 03:16 uucp.log.0
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 20 03:15 uucp.log.1.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 19 03:16 uucp.log.2.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 18 03:13 uucp.log.3.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 17 03:15 uucp.log.4.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 16 03:15 uucp.log.5.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root adm 14 Oct 15 03:15 uucp.log.6.bz2
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 796800 Oct 22 11:57 wtmp
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 31987 Sep 30 22:17 wtmp.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3992 Oct 20 21:12 xdm.log

/var/log/cups:
total 0

/var/log/news:
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 9 13:59 news.crit
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 9 13:59 news.err
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 9 13:59 news.notice

---------end-------

>
>> mail.err.0 Oct 21 03:14:48 codybeau sSMTP[9839]: 573 root@_HOSTNAME_
>> failed to route the address
>
> There you go. You didn't configure your ssmtp correctly.


Didn't comfigure it? I didn't config anything at all ! <g>
What should I have done?

>
>> But this "domain" is pseudo and I wanted, even expected, cron to
>> send MAILTO= locally.
>
> Never expect anything ;-)

Sorta like "assume", huh?

Hey, thanks again for helping me.
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oldNbald enlightened us with:
> codybeau root # ls -lR /var/log

Check those:

> -rw-r----- 1 root adm 2991 Oct 22 11:55 messages
> -rw-r----- 1 root adm 13234 Oct 21 22:27 messages.0
> -rw-r----- 1 root adm 9259 Oct 22 11:55 syslog
> -rw-r----- 1 root adm 30697 Oct 22 03:12 syslog.0

> Didn't comfigure [ssmtp]? I didn't config anything at all ! <g>

LOL

> What should I have done?

Edit /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf

> Hey, thanks again for helping me.

NP!

Sybren
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capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

Sybren Stuvel scratched on the wall:

> oldNbald enlightened us with:
>> codybeau root # ls -lR /var/log
>
> Check those:
>
>> -rw-r----- 1 root adm 2991 Oct 22 11:55 messages
>> -rw-r----- 1 root adm 13234 Oct 21 22:27 messages.0
>> -rw-r----- 1 root adm 9259 Oct 22 11:55 syslog
>> -rw-r----- 1 root adm 30697 Oct 22 03:12 syslog.0

Sorry, I don't understand ... check these for what? Should I mess with
the permissions, or add my user to adm, or something else?


>
> Edit /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
>

Sybren, forgive my colossal ignorance - am new to this subject, but edit
in what way? Or did you intend I read about it (planning to this
weekend) and edit as needed?

Happily in your debt,
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oldNbald enlightened us with:
> Sorry, I don't understand ... check these for what? Should I mess
> with the permissions, or add my user to adm, or something else?

No, read them. Use less, vim, tail, whatever you want.

> Sybren, forgive my colossal ignorance - am new to this subject, but
> edit in what way?

Open it in a text editor like vim, read the contents. It's quite
self-explaining. Also check /usr/share/doc/ssmtp-* and the manual
pages. In other words: do some research.

> Or did you intend I read about it (planning to this weekend) and
> edit as needed?

Yep!

Sybren
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Sybren Stuvel scratched on the wall:

>
> No, read them. Use less, vim, tail, whatever you want.
>

Okay, I did - nothing new: a broken pipe, dmesg stuff and bad mail
delivery. That sort of thing.

[...]
> In other words: do some research.

Herein lies one of the _many_ things about Linux, and Gentoo in
particular, I greatly enjoy: I can research and *control* or fix things
a Windows user has /no/ means, or control of, to do in any depth -
regardless of their need.

Let you know how it goes ... may take some time as it's the weekend and
I've the "domestic" things to get done <g>. Plus, I'll be learning
something heretofore I've never studied - and I love it !

Gratis,
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Oh yeah, I've another problem to research *before* I etc-update. I
always make a backup of /etc before using the update. When I ran the
update of 7 .*_cfg files the net was lost. I've got to learn why and
what to do. Have a lot on the plate this weekend, huh?
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