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Date:      Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:07:09 -0500
From:      JD Arnold <jdarnold@buddydog.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Reading roots mail when connected remotely
Message-ID:  <dpk8qf$rn1$1@sea.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <5ceb5d550512211113v6cbd6130peaf22aa8f158762f@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <5ceb5d550512211113v6cbd6130peaf22aa8f158762f@mail.gmail.com>

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Daniel A. wrote:
> Stupid question, I know :(
> How do I read the mail sent to root, if I can only access my server via SSH?
> When I su, and type "mail", it shows only mail to the user I connected with.

Yeah, I had the same problem.  I've been doing 'su -l', which simulates a
full login, so then I really am root.

-- 
Jonathan Arnold     (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org)
Daemon Dancing in the Dark, a FreeBSD weblog:
    http://freebsd.amazingdev.com/blog/

UNIX is user-friendly. It's just a bit picky about who its friends are.




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