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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!dimensional.com!flatland.dimensional.com!not-for-mail From: mfuhr@dimensional.com (Michael Fuhr) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: root's mail??? Date: 24 Jun 1997 08:03:09 -0600 Organization: Dimensional Communications Lines: 17 Message-ID: <5ook2t$sak@flatland.dimensional.com> References: <5ok7j5$dc5@quail.swcp.com> <5omevk$83j$1@bofh.noc.best.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: flatland.dimensional.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.1 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43453 rone@bofh.noc.best.net (Ron Echeverri) writes: > In article <5ok7j5$dc5@quail.swcp.com>, Charlie Sorsby <crs@swcp.com> wrote: > >What must I do to read root's mail? I find that I can't do it with > >sudo and I can't do it when I actually su to root--all I get is my > >own mail. I must have something misconfigured but what? > > You can log in as root, of course, or you can use "su -" to su to root. > man su(1) for more information. ...or you can edit /etc/aliases and forward root's mail to another user (or list of users). No need for superuser privileges just to read mail. -- Michael Fuhr http://www.dimensional.com/~mfuhr/