Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 17:50:28 -0600 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reading roots mail when connected remotely Message-ID: <d7195cff0601051550o7b3c4a34hc82b6c767a0787d7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <dpk8qf$rn1$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <5ceb5d550512211113v6cbd6130peaf22aa8f158762f@mail.gmail.com> <dpk8qf$rn1$1@sea.gmane.org>
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On 1/5/06, JD Arnold <jdarnold@buddydog.org> wrote: > > Daniel A. wrote: > > 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. > edit /etc/aliases to send root's mail to your usual login remember to run /usr/bin/newaliases
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