HOWTO Setup Logwatch

Assumptions

This guide assumes you have setup a Mail Transport Agent, such as Nullmailer or Postfix. If not, you can follow the Nullmailer Guide, or the Postfix Guide.

Install Logwatch

# emerge logwatch -va

Set root's ~/.forward file to:

admin@siat.sfu.ca
some_co_amin_name@sfu.ca

Test

# logwatch.pl