small sendmail question

[peterve]

Hi,

how can I configure my local RH7.2 Sendmail system so
all mails to root@localhost are relayed to a remote smtp server, and sent to username@domain.com where username = another username...

(instead of putting the messages into /var/log/messages, I want them to be sent to my second smtp server, to a specific person)

thanks

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[cyoung]

The easiest way is to use a forward file.

In the user root's directory, create a file called .forward (that is a period in front).

In this file, just type a line with the email address you want this email sent to.
touch .forward (This creates the file)
cat < email@domain >> .forward (this will append the email address to the file)

You can also set this in the /etc/aliases file (I think the setting is called &quot;person who should get root's mail&quot;.) You can type in any valid email address here also.

Make sure that you backup the aliases file before you start, and that you execute newaliases when you are finished.

Hope this helps