Re: Re: a modest request (smartd email redirection....)
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 01:23:14AM +0000, Michael A. Peters wrote:
On 12/17/2004 04:35:23 PM, William Hewitt wrote:
>
> > Michal Jaegermann said:
> > In /etc/aliases you probably have lines like that:
>
> > # Person who should get root's mail
> > #root: marc
>
> > Maybe install should ask data for this alias and fill that lines
> > unless specifically and emphatically declined? The big advantage
> is
> > that this solves the issue in a general way instead for some
> > specific cases like smart.
>
> Or perhaps in FirstBoot(?)
firstboot is where it should go imho - you don't have any users set up
until then.
Yes, I think that you are indeed right. Also this should be
persuasive and persistent allowing _not_ to set that alias only
after receiving assurances from a user that "yes, I really do
know what I am doing and what are consequences".
Michal