Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 00:14:57 +0930 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: jekillen <jekillen@prodigy.net> Subject: Re: mail to root Message-ID: <200610040014.57473.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <2d6e28fbc9d4d02b9c37e9f9c2ee62d7@prodigy.net> References: <2d6e28fbc9d4d02b9c37e9f9c2ee62d7@prodigy.net>
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On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:20 pm, 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. There is! You can use : # mail -u root That is the approach I usually employ. Or as others have explained adopt root's profile by using "su -" in in place of "su". Malcolm > 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 >
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