On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Lawrence Chim wrote: > I don't know why cron always send mail to root with the following > body. Any idea? > > Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> run-parts /etc/cron.daily > X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> > X-Cron-Env: > <PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin> > X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root> > X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root> > > getopt: illegal option -- o > > lawrence,
I just had the same problem the other day. The problem is in the script /etc/cron.daily/smail. The line savelog -o root ....... should be savelog -u root ....... I think there might even be a man page for savelog. Fix that and your error message will go away. Ciao, Shane -- ########################################################################## [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shane Turner at Home [EMAIL PROTECTED] at Work -- This message was delayed because the list mail delivery agent was down.