Q as to Root v other login

[Scott]

Terry R. Grier wrote:

> Scott wrote:
>
>> Scot L. Harris wrote:
>>
>>>  Other than that there are
>>> some log files you will want to review on a regular basis but then you
>>> should have roots email redirected to your user account so you can get
>>> the logwatch reports.
>>>  
>>>
>>
>> However....
>>
>> I took me two weeks to figure out that the reason I wasn't getting 
>> those emails was because they were being sent to root and not 
>> forwarded.    Thankfully I eventually membered the .forward file and 
>> set it up.
>>
>> SUSE did this for me by default on install.  Fedora should too.  I'm 
>> sure I'm not the only one who was ignorant enough not to know (or 
>> remember) that I needed this extra step.
>>
>> Scott
>>
> As to these logwatch reports.... ... Would this be something I should 
> pursue and get set up... even on a my home network? .. I have like 3 
> computers...hooked up....
>
I'm not sure what I did, but they were setup with my installation of 
FC3.  I didn't have to think about it.  I assumed it was part of the 
default install.

Scott