Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:24:49 -0500 From: pauls@utdallas.edu To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mail to root Message-ID: <D1ED63A0D9F02FA51329AF35@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> In-Reply-To: <2d6e28fbc9d4d02b9c37e9f9c2ee62d7@prodigy.net> References: <2d6e28fbc9d4d02b9c37e9f9c2ee62d7@prodigy.net>
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--On September 19, 2006 9:50:18 PM -0700 jekillen <jekillen@prodigy.net>=20
wrote:
> Hello again;
> I have a question about how mail from the system is generated for root.
> This question was prompted when I edited the Postfix aliases file and
> ran newaliases, then did postfix reload, assuming the mail system was
> running. I was informed that Postfix was not running.
Informed how? What do you see in /var/log/maillog?
What does:
egrep {'error|warn|fatal|alert'} /var/log/maillog
return?
So the question,
> how does mail generated by the system get delivered to the root account?
> Here is my motive:
> I have a server that I want to run headless. I want to be able to
> retrieve
> mail to root from another machine via ssh login (on the same private net
> work number/netmask 255.255.255.0). I cannot login to the system as
> root over ssh. I don't know if I can read root mail with su (as wheel
> group
> member). I tried this but maybe I'm not using the appropriate parameter.
ssh in to the box using your account. Then type:
su -
Enter the root password
type:
mail
then select the number of the message you want to read.
man (1) mail
Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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