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Output of Daily Cronjob 0logwatch Sent to Mail instead of Saving to File on Oracle Linux 7 (Doc ID 2564364.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 08, 2023

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 7.0 with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel [3.8.13] to Oracle Linux 7.6 with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel [4.14.35] [Release OL7 to OL7U6]
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

 After upgrading to Exadata 19.2.2.0.0 on cell and db nodes, the output from daily cronjob 0logwatch sends mail to the user root instead of saving the output in the file as configured in /etc/logwatch/conf/logwatch.conf:

Cause

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