Syslog output will be used instead of mail

If sendmail isn't installed, syslog is used. This patch should
also solve problem with RPM requirements of sendmail
(and which mail should be installed by default).

Based on: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472710#c42

diff --git a/man/cron.8 b/man/cron.8
index 5b88d0c71ea3c7caa5afc449dd3425cab62a7e60..6fca8b81f671eb8b1b358ab51d965c965f2d7a9f 100644 (file)
--- a/man/cron.8
+++ b/man/cron.8
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ This requirement can be overridden by using the \fB-p\fP option on the crond com
 If inotify support is in use, changes in the symlinked crontabs are not automatically
 noticed by the cron daemon. The cron daemon must receive a SIGHUP to reload the crontabs.
 This is a limitation of inotify API.
+The syslog output will be used instead of mail, when sendmail isn't installed.
 
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR crontab (1),

diff --git a/src/cron.c b/src/cron.c
index 7b57932ad34aeca22e06535ec51dd54604ff0a20..c99c155566c9c88f6c289f77ad3bbe75dd9adc4f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/cron.c
+++ b/src/cron.c
@@ -220,6 +220,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                }
        }
 
+       if (access("/usr/sbin/sendmail", X_OK) != 0) {
+               SyslogOutput=1;
+               log_it("CRON", pid, "INFO","Syslog will be used instead of sendmail.", errno);
+       }
+
        pid = getpid();
        acquire_daemonlock(0);
        database.head = NULL;