By default OSX server sends root’s mail straight to /dev/null - the electronic equivalent of a black hole - thus breaking the first commandment of system administration (Thou shall monitor thy logs and mail).
A far more sensible configuration is to forward mail for root@[your server] to an address you read regularly. This can be done in one of two ways while logged in as root:
- Edit the
.forwardfile in root’s home directory and change/dev/nullto your email address - Remove the
.forward file, addroot: [your email address]to the bottom of your/etc/aliasesfile and runnewaliasesfrom the command line.
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