Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:29:21 +0800 From: Zheng Tianyu <zhengtianyu1983@yahoo.com.cn> To: Vince <jhary@unsane.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: where environment variable MAIL was set? Message-ID: <20070330102921.GA3390@airfish.power.org> In-Reply-To: <460CDF88.90002@unsane.co.uk> References: <20070330090734.GA1336@airfish.power.org> <460CDF88.90002@unsane.co.uk>
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Problem solved. Thank you. Zheng Tianyu On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 10:59:36AM +0100, Vince wrote: > Zheng Tianyu wrote: > > Hi, All > > > > My account name is airfish, after I sued to root, I found that the > > environment variable MAIL remained MAIL=/var/mail/airfish. As a result, > > when I start mutt, it opens the airfish's mailbox. That's not what i > > desired. But I can't find where the MAIL is set. Should I unsetenv MAIL > > in my root's login file? > > >From the manpage: > By default, the environment is unmodified with the exception of USER, > HOME, and SHELL. > > and > > > -l Simulate a full login. The environment is discarded except for > HOME, SHELL, PATH, TERM, and USER. HOME and SHELL are > modified as above. > > Vince > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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