On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 11:54:10AM +0200, Lars Bakker wrote: > >>On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 04:07:10AM +0200, Lars Bakker enlightened us: > >>> Can somebody tell me how Amanda sends email reports? I'm using the > >>> Kolab2 server on the same machine that should do the backups but > >>> unfortunately I get no reports although the smtp server works fine. Is > >>> Amanda using another program for mail delivery? > >>> > >> > >>It finds a mail program at compile time. You can find it with > >> > >>grep MAILER /path/to/logfiles/amandad.$DATETIME.debug > >> > >>Filling in the path and date/time appropriately. On my system, it's > >>looking > >>at /usr/bin/Mail. > >> > > > >Another way is amgetconf: > > > > $ amgetconf DS1 build.mailer > > /usr/ucb/Mail > > > >Really, I didn't know my amanda was using that mail program. > > I guess I'll have to find some kind of wrapper script that works like > the mail program because my mailx installation does not work in > conjunction with Kolab2. I have tried to use nail (ln -s /usr/bin/nail > /usr/bin/mail) instead and reports seem to work fine but when I run > amcheck with the -m parameter no mail is sent. nail and mailx do not use > the same parameters but I kind of hoped that amanda would just use the > -s parameter for specifying the subject. >
The above 'ln -s' command indicates you have the ability and willingness to replace whatever is in /usr/bin/mail. In that case, replace it with a shell script that will be a /usr/bin/nail "wrapper". I.e. one that takes amanda's arguments intended for "mail" and and adjusts them to be appropriate for "nail". -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)