Be sure to use "tail /var/log/mail.log (or maillog)" to see if the mail was
accepted.

Also if you are sending everything to root, you can specify a new root
alias in the /etc/aliases for another email address.  Be sure you run
"newaliases" afterwards for sendmail.


On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Robert Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 07:17:04AM -0700, Lisa Kachold wrote:
> > Robert,
> >
> > Test your mail on the server via command line:
> >
> > sudo sendmail -d yourname@yourdom.com
> >
> > enter some text.
> > hit ". ."
> >
> > Use your terminal up/down keys to see if the mail was delivered.  Check
> > your mail.  Did you get it?
> >
> > Check your installation:
> >
> > command rkhunter --configfile /etc/rkhunter.conf --report-warnings-only
> > --checkall
> >
> > Update the checksums database :command rkhunter --propupdate
> >
> > Update the threats database (the update is done weekly afterwards) :
> >
> > command rkhunter --update
> >
> > The command below is run daily. Its results are send by e-mail to the
> root
> > user if a problem appear. Run it once to check that everything is setted
> up
> > right :
> >
> > command rkhunter --configfile /etc/rkhunter.conf --report-warnings-only
> > --checkall
>
> Thanks. I'll check this out later and report.
>
> --
> Bob Holtzman
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> check the price of the beer.
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