Re: Reading roots mail when connected remotely

2006-01-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 1/5/06, JD Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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', whic

Re: Reading roots mail when connected remotely

2006-01-05 Thread JD Arnold
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 r

Re: Reading roots mail when connected remotely

2005-12-22 Thread freebsd-questions
On 21 dec 2005, at 20:55, Pietro Cerutti wrote: On 12/21/05, Daniel A. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. su - (wit

Re: Reading roots mail when connected remotely

2005-12-21 Thread Pietro Cerutti
On 12/21/05, Daniel A. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. su - (with the minus sign) simulates a full login, see man su

Re: Reading roots mail when connected remotely

2005-12-21 Thread Peter Giessel
On Wednesday, December 21, 2005, at 10:38AM, Daniel A. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Also, is it possible to make sendmail send the daily status mails to a >*real* email address, like this one? See /etc/mail/aliases ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mai

RE: Reading roots mail when connected remotely

2005-12-21 Thread Erin Fortenberry
In roots home directory, make a file called ".forward". In this file, place the email address you want all of roots mail to go to. You can also add another users to root in the /etc/mail/aliases file. -Erin > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: Reading roots mail when connected remotely

2005-12-21 Thread Dan O'Connor
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. Also, is it possible to make sendmail send the daily status mails to a *real* email address, like this one? As root, edit /etc/mail/aliases

Re: Reading roots mail when connected remotely

2005-12-21 Thread James Bailie
Daniel A. wrote: > Stupid question, I know :( mail -u root -- James Bailie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.jamesbailie.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send a