Mail.app daily outputs

[MasonMcD]

Well, since nobody answered my first question about transferring preferences, I'm hesitant to try another, but here goes. A couple of weeks ago, my Mail started giving me these messages instead of the normal ones, and I can't for the life of me remember what I did. Anyone have a clue what might cause this?:

Subject: localhost daily run output

Removing scratch and junk files:

Backing up NetInfo data
Can't find address for localhost
nidump: incorrect format for domain localhost/local (Host not found)
usage: -t / can be a host name or IP address
usage: nidump [-r] [-T timeout] {directory | format} [-t] domain
known formats:
	aliases
	bootptab
	bootparams
	ethers
	exports
	fstab
	group
	hosts
	networks
	passwd
	printcap
	protocols
	resolv.conf
	rpc
	services
	mountmaps


Checking subsystem status:

disks:

Last dump(s) done (Dump '>' file systems):


network:
Name  Mtu      Network    Address            Ipkts      Ierrs      Opkts      Oerrs      Coll
lo0   16384    <link>                              7266       0          7266       0          0
lo0   16384    127        localhost          7266       0          7266       0          0
en0   1500     <link>           XX.XX.XX.XX.XX     125650     14         104866     0          83
en0   1500     none       none               125650     14         104866     0          83
ppp0  1492     <link>                              118902     0          104864     0          0
ppp0  1492     64         client-XX-XXX-XX   118902     0          104864     0          0

ruptime: no hosts in /var/rwho.


Rotating log files: system.log

Cleaning web server log files:

 

[marmoset]

Are you by any chance logging in as root via the GUI?
Those look like output from root's cronjobs...
They get mailed to root nightly if you have sendmail
running.

 

[MasonMcD]

Yes, I'm root, but the jobs actually did something a few weeks ago, aside from telling me something was wonky. And I was root then, as well.

 

[The DJ]

Originally posted by MasonMcD
Yes, I'm root, but the jobs actually did something a few weeks ago, aside from telling me something was wonky. And I was root then, as well.

You don't ask easy questions do you. These are the possibilities:
Your daily script is not entirely correct anymore. Look for these lines in /etc/daily and see if they are still correct.

if [ -d /var/db/netinfo ]; then
        echo ""
        echo "Backing up NetInfo data"
        cd /var/db/netinfo
        for domain in *.nidb; do
            domain=$(basename $domain .nidb)
            nidump -r / -t localhost/$domain > $bak/$domain.nidump;
        done
fi

There is something wrong with your network setup. Remember even if you do not have a network, there is still a setup for it.

That's all i can say about it from here.

DJ