From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 21 14:19:13 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A9B116A47C for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:19:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from listsub@401.cx) Received: from ns2.twenty4help.se (ns2.twenty4help.se [80.65.195.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AF1443D5C for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:19:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from listsub@401.cx) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (132.dairy.twenty4help.se [80.65.195.132]) by ns2.twenty4help.se (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8LEHw9I022212; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:17:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from listsub@401.cx) Message-ID: <45129F56.7020409@401.cx> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:19:02 +0200 From: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jekillen References: <2d6e28fbc9d4d02b9c37e9f9c2ee62d7@prodigy.net> In-Reply-To: <2d6e28fbc9d4d02b9c37e9f9c2ee62d7@prodigy.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: mail to root X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:19:13 -0000 jekillen 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. 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. > Or maybe there isn't any. I don't know where to look for an answer to this > question, other than this knowledgeable group.....Oh, man mail maybe? > Thanks in advance > Jeff K I suggest you use .forward to get root's mail to another account. As root, do this: echo username >> /root/.forward That should forward root's mail to whatever username you specified. -- R