[gentoo-user] /etc/crontab - sending notification to a different user

[gentoo-user] /etc/crontab - sending notification to a different user

[syscon edm]

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In "/etc/crontab" I have:
# for cronie

# Global variables
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=syscon8
HOME=/

But when it run a cron-job, the email is still going to "root@gmail.com"
instead of syscon8@gmail.com

How to adjust the entry to the email notification will go to a specific
user.

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Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/crontab - sending notification to a different user

[Joost Roeleveld]

----------------------- Original message -----------------------
From: syscon edm <syscon780@gmail.com >
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 07:10:18 +0200
----------------------------------------------------------------

>
> In "/etc/crontab" I have:

> # for cronie
>
> # Global variables
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
> MAILTO=syscon8
> HOME=/

> But when it run a cron-job, the email is still going to  
> "mailto:root@gmail.com " instead of mailto:syscon8@gmail.com

> How to adjust the entry to the email notification will go to a specific user.

Specify the full email address instead of just a username.

--
Joost

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/crontab - sending notification to a different user

[syscon edm]

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That is not it.

I changed in /etc/crontab
MAILTO=syscon8@gmail.com

restart cronie but system is still emailing it to root@gmail.com

On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 1:49 AM Joost Roeleveld <joost@antarean.org> wrote:

>
>
> ----------------------- Original message -----------------------
> From: syscon edm <syscon780@gmail.com >
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 07:10:18 +0200
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > In "/etc/crontab" I have:
>
> > # for cronie
> >
> > # Global variables
> > SHELL=/bin/bash
> > PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
> > MAILTO=syscon8
> > HOME=/
>
> > But when it run a cron-job, the email is still going to
> > "mailto:root@gmail.com " instead of mailto:syscon8@gmail.com
>
> > How to adjust the entry to the email notification will go to a specific
> user.
>
> Specify the full email address instead of just a username.
>
> --
> Joost
>
>
>
>
>

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Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/crontab - sending notification to a different user

[J. Aho]

On 27/08/2024 19.09, syscon edm wrote:
> That is not it.
> 
> I changed in /etc/crontab
> MAILTO=syscon8@gmail.com <mailto:syscon8@gmail.com>
> 
> restart cronie but system is still emailing it to root@gmail.com 
> <mailto:root@gmail.com>

What job is run? Some jobs has their own configuration to where the mail 
is sent.
You could give an example...

-- 
  //Aho

Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/crontab - sending notification to a different user

[Michael]

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On Tuesday, 27 August 2024 21:14:56 BST J. Aho wrote:
> On 27/08/2024 19.09, syscon edm wrote:
> > That is not it.
> > 
> > I changed in /etc/crontab
> > MAILTO=syscon8@gmail.com <mailto:syscon8@gmail.com>

Does it work if you try:

MAILTO="syscon8@gmail.com"


> > restart cronie but system is still emailing it to root@gmail.com
> > <mailto:root@gmail.com>
> 
> What job is run? Some jobs has their own configuration to where the mail
> is sent.
> You could give an example...


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Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/crontab - sending notification to a different user

[syscon edm]

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>> MAILTO="syscon8@gmail.com"

MAILTO="syscon8@gmail.com"
MAILTO='syscon8@gmail.com'
MAILTO=syscon8

I've tried single quote, double quotes, but it doesn't work; now even
without quotes I don't get email from cronie
After every change I restart "/etc/init.d/cronie restart

My simple cron entry:
55 12 * * 1-5 mv /var/spool/asterisk/monitor/* /home/thelma/mon/

I should receive email from cron



On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 10:57 AM Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com> wrote:

> On Tuesday, 27 August 2024 21:14:56 BST J. Aho wrote:
> > On 27/08/2024 19.09, syscon edm wrote:
> > > That is not it.
> > >
> > > I changed in /etc/crontab
> > > MAILTO=syscon8@gmail.com <mailto:syscon8@gmail.com>
>
> Does it work if you try:
>
> MAILTO="syscon8@gmail.com"
>
>
> > > restart cronie but system is still emailing it to root@gmail.com
> > > <mailto:root@gmail.com>
> >
> > What job is run? Some jobs has their own configuration to where the mail
> > is sent.
> > You could give an example...
>
>

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Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/crontab - sending notification to a different user

[Michael]

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On Saturday, 31 August 2024 20:11:34 BST syscon edm wrote:
> >> MAILTO="syscon8@gmail.com"
> 
> MAILTO="syscon8@gmail.com"
> MAILTO='syscon8@gmail.com'
> MAILTO=syscon8
> 
> I've tried single quote, double quotes, but it doesn't work; now even
> without quotes I don't get email from cronie
> After every change I restart "/etc/init.d/cronie restart
> 
> My simple cron entry:
> 55 12 * * 1-5 mv /var/spool/asterisk/monitor/* /home/thelma/mon/
> 
> I should receive email from cron

What errors do you get from your MTA in your logs?  Increase verbosity if you 
need to get more info.

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Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/crontab - sending notification to a different user

[syscon edm]

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Sorry, the cron entry should be:
55 12 * * * mv /var/spool/asterisk/monitor/* /home/thelma/mon/
1-5 is Monday to Friday

mail.log:

Aug 31 13:24:01 i5 postfix/qmgr[32301]: 0880F17E00EB: from=<
syscon8@gmail.com>, size=699, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Aug 31 13:24:02 i5 postfix/smtp[9110]: 0880F17E00EB: to=<root@gmail.com>,
orig_to=<root>, relay=smtp.gmail.com[142.250.99.108]:587, delay=1.3,
delays=0.02/0.01/0.55/0.68, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 OK
 1725132231 98e67ed59e1d1-2d85b0fdf44sm6088797a91.6 - gsmtp)
Aug 31 13:24:02 i5 postfix/qmgr[32301]: 0880F17E00EB: removed

Gmail is accepting the mail but it is sending to "root" instead of "syscon8"

My cat /etc/mail/aliases
# Basic system aliases -- these MUST be present.
MAILER-DAEMON:      postmaster
postmaster:         root

# General redirections for pseudo accounts.
adm:                root
bin:                root
daemon:             root
exim:               root
lp:                 root
mail:               root
named:              root
nobody:             root
postfix:            root

# Well-known aliases -- these should be filled in!
root:   syscon8@gmail.com
fd:   syscon8@gmail.com
# operator:

# Standard RFC2142 aliases
abuse:              postmaster
ftp:                root
hostmaster:         root
news:               usenet
noc:                root
security:           root
usenet:             root
uucp:               root
webmaster:          root
www:                webmaster


On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 1:17 PM Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com> wrote:

> On Saturday, 31 August 2024 20:11:34 BST syscon edm wrote:
> > >> MAILTO="syscon8@gmail.com"
> >
> > MAILTO="syscon8@gmail.com"
> > MAILTO='syscon8@gmail.com'
> > MAILTO=syscon8
> >
> > I've tried single quote, double quotes, but it doesn't work; now even
> > without quotes I don't get email from cronie
> > After every change I restart "/etc/init.d/cronie restart
> >
> > My simple cron entry:
> > 55 12 * * 1-5 mv /var/spool/asterisk/monitor/* /home/thelma/mon/
> >
> > I should receive email from cron
>
> What errors do you get from your MTA in your logs?  Increase verbosity if
> you
> need to get more info.

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Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/crontab - sending notification to a different user

[Michael]

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On Saturday, 31 August 2024 20:34:49 BST syscon edm wrote:
> Sorry, the cron entry should be:
> 55 12 * * * mv /var/spool/asterisk/monitor/* /home/thelma/mon/
> 1-5 is Monday to Friday
> 
> mail.log:
> 
> Aug 31 13:24:01 i5 postfix/qmgr[32301]: 0880F17E00EB: from=<
> syscon8@gmail.com>, size=699, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> Aug 31 13:24:02 i5 postfix/smtp[9110]: 0880F17E00EB: to=<root@gmail.com>,
> orig_to=<root>, 

You probably have in your /etc/postfix/main.cf:

myorigin = $some_user@some_domain.com

where some_user@some_domain.com is not syscon8@gmail.com, but root@*?


> relay=smtp.gmail.com[142.250.99.108]:587, delay=1.3,
> delays=0.02/0.01/0.55/0.68, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 OK
>  1725132231 98e67ed59e1d1-2d85b0fdf44sm6088797a91.6 - gsmtp)
> Aug 31 13:24:02 i5 postfix/qmgr[32301]: 0880F17E00EB: removed
> 
> Gmail is accepting the mail but it is sending to "root" instead of "syscon8"
> 
> My cat /etc/mail/aliases
> # Basic system aliases -- these MUST be present.
> MAILER-DAEMON:      postmaster
> postmaster:         root
> 
> # General redirections for pseudo accounts.
> adm:                root
> bin:                root
> daemon:             root
> exim:               root
> lp:                 root
> mail:               root
> named:              root
> nobody:             root
> postfix:            root
> 
> # Well-known aliases -- these should be filled in!
> root:   syscon8@gmail.com
> fd:   syscon8@gmail.com
> # operator:
> 
> # Standard RFC2142 aliases
> abuse:              postmaster
> ftp:                root
> hostmaster:         root
> news:               usenet
> noc:                root
> security:           root
> usenet:             root
> uucp:               root
> webmaster:          root
> www:                webmaster

You can grep your postfix files for root and root@ to find the culprit.  It 
seems your postfix configuration is rewriting the 'Send As' name, if not whole 
address.  My Postfix knowledge is rather out of date, but current users should 
be able to advise with a specific fix for this problem.

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Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/crontab - sending notification to a different user

[syscon edm]

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In /etc/postfix/main.cf I only have:

myorigin = gmail.com

If I use:
myorigin = syscon8@gmail.com

I get an error message;
Aug 31 14:28:02 i5 postfix/smtp[25841]: 1A31217E00EC: to=<root@syscon8@
gmail.com>, relay=smtp.gmail.com[142.250.99.109]:587, delay=0.54,
delays=0.01/0/0.5/0.03, dsn=5.1.3, status=bounced (host
smtp.gmail.com[142.250.99.109]
said: 553-5.1.3 The recipient address <root@syscon8@gmail.com> is not a
valid RFC 553-5.1.3 5321 address.

my /etc/postfix/sender_canonical
/^root@gmail\.com$/ syscon8@gmail.com

On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 2:17 PM Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com> wrote:

> On Saturday, 31 August 2024 20:34:49 BST syscon edm wrote:
> > Sorry, the cron entry should be:
> > 55 12 * * * mv /var/spool/asterisk/monitor/* /home/thelma/mon/
> > 1-5 is Monday to Friday
> >
> > mail.log:
> >
> > Aug 31 13:24:01 i5 postfix/qmgr[32301]: 0880F17E00EB: from=<
> > syscon8@gmail.com>, size=699, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> > Aug 31 13:24:02 i5 postfix/smtp[9110]: 0880F17E00EB: to=<root@gmail.com
> >,
> > orig_to=<root>,
>
> You probably have in your /etc/postfix/main.cf:
>
> myorigin = $some_user@some_domain.com
>
> where some_user@some_domain.com is not syscon8@gmail.com, but root@*?
>
>
> > relay=smtp.gmail.com[142.250.99.108]:587, delay=1.3,
> > delays=0.02/0.01/0.55/0.68, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 OK
> >  1725132231 98e67ed59e1d1-2d85b0fdf44sm6088797a91.6 - gsmtp)
> > Aug 31 13:24:02 i5 postfix/qmgr[32301]: 0880F17E00EB: removed
> >
> > Gmail is accepting the mail but it is sending to "root" instead of
> "syscon8"
> >
> > My cat /etc/mail/aliases
> > # Basic system aliases -- these MUST be present.
> > MAILER-DAEMON:      postmaster
> > postmaster:         root
> >
> > # General redirections for pseudo accounts.
> > adm:                root
> > bin:                root
> > daemon:             root
> > exim:               root
> > lp:                 root
> > mail:               root
> > named:              root
> > nobody:             root
> > postfix:            root
> >
> > # Well-known aliases -- these should be filled in!
> > root:   syscon8@gmail.com
> > fd:   syscon8@gmail.com
> > # operator:
> >
> > # Standard RFC2142 aliases
> > abuse:              postmaster
> > ftp:                root
> > hostmaster:         root
> > news:               usenet
> > noc:                root
> > security:           root
> > usenet:             root
> > uucp:               root
> > webmaster:          root
> > www:                webmaster
>
> You can grep your postfix files for root and root@ to find the culprit.
> It
> seems your postfix configuration is rewriting the 'Send As' name, if not
> whole
> address.  My Postfix knowledge is rather out of date, but current users
> should
> be able to advise with a specific fix for this problem.
>

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Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/crontab - sending notification to a different user

[Michael]

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On Saturday, 31 August 2024 21:56:59 BST syscon edm wrote:
> In /etc/postfix/main.cf I only have:
> 
> myorigin = gmail.com
> 
> If I use:
> myorigin = syscon8@gmail.com
> 
> I get an error message;
> Aug 31 14:28:02 i5 postfix/smtp[25841]: 1A31217E00EC: to=<root@syscon8@
> gmail.com>, 

OK, I expect you'd need to set an alias instead.  Try:

My cat /etc/mail/aliases
# Basic system aliases -- these MUST be present.
# Redirect mail for local recipients 
MAILER-DAEMON:      postmaster
postmaster:         root
root:               syscon8

or try:

root:               syscon8@gmail.com


then run 'newaliases' each time to rebuild the database.  One of these aliases 
ought to work.


> relay=smtp.gmail.com[142.250.99.109]:587, delay=0.54,
> delays=0.01/0/0.5/0.03, dsn=5.1.3, status=bounced (host
> smtp.gmail.com[142.250.99.109]
> said: 553-5.1.3 The recipient address <root@syscon8@gmail.com> is not a
> valid RFC 553-5.1.3 5321 address.
> 
> my /etc/postfix/sender_canonical
> /^root@gmail\.com$/ syscon8@gmail.com

I don't think you should be using canonical - this will be rewriting addresses 
within the header *and* body of messages.

Use an alias instead.



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Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] /etc/crontab - sending notification to a different user

[syscon edm]

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On Sun, Sep 1, 2024 at 3:24 AM Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com> wrote:

> On Saturday, 31 August 2024 21:56:59 BST syscon edm wrote:
> > In /etc/postfix/main.cf I only have:
> >
> > myorigin = gmail.com
> >
> > If I use:
> > myorigin = syscon8@gmail.com
> >
> > I get an error message;
> > Aug 31 14:28:02 i5 postfix/smtp[25841]: 1A31217E00EC: to=<root@syscon8@
> > gmail.com>,
>
> OK, I expect you'd need to set an alias instead.  Try:
>
> My cat /etc/mail/aliases
> # Basic system aliases -- these MUST be present.
> # Redirect mail for local recipients
> MAILER-DAEMON:      postmaster
> postmaster:         root
> root:               syscon8
>
> or try:
>
> root:               syscon8@gmail.com
>
>
> then run 'newaliases' each time to rebuild the database.  One of these
> aliases
> ought to work.
>
>
> > relay=smtp.gmail.com[142.250.99.109]:587, delay=0.54,
> > delays=0.01/0/0.5/0.03, dsn=5.1.3, status=bounced (host
> > smtp.gmail.com[142.250.99.109]
> > said: 553-5.1.3 The recipient address <root@syscon8@gmail.com> is not a
> > valid RFC 553-5.1.3 5321 address.
> >
> > my /etc/postfix/sender_canonical
> > /^root@gmail\.com$/ syscon8@gmail.com
>
> I don't think you should be using canonical - this will be rewriting
> addresses
> within the header *and* body of messages.
>
> Use an alias instead.
>

 Thank you folks for suggestions, but none of them worked.

What work is to put in the first line of: "crontab" file:
MAILTO=syscon8@gmail.com

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Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/crontab - sending notification to a different user

[ralfconn]

Il 27/08/24 07:10, syscon edm ha scritto:
> In "/etc/crontab" I have:
> # for cronie
> 
> # Global variables
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
> MAILTO=syscon8
> HOME=/
> 
> But when it run a cron-job, the email is still going to "root@gmail.com 
> <mailto:root@gmail.com>" instead of syscon8@gmail.com 
> <mailto:syscon8@gmail.com>
> 
> How to adjust the entry to the email notification will go to a specific 
> user.

I suppose you want email delivered through an external email server. I 
had to configure the MTA for that, nullmailer in my case, it's not 
cronie's job.

raffaele