jekillen wrote:
> Hello again;
> I have a question about how mail from the system is generated for root.
> This question was prompted when I edited the Postfix aliases file and
> ran newaliases, then did postfix reload, assuming the mail system was
> running. I was informed that Postfix was not running. So the question,
> how does mail generated by the system get delivered to the root account?
> Here is my motive:
> I have a server that I want to run headless. I want to be able to retrieve
> mail to root from another machine via ssh login (on the same private net
> work number/netmask 255.255.255.0). I cannot login to the system as
> root over ssh. I don't know if I can read root mail with su (as wheel group
> member). I tried this but maybe I'm not using the appropriate parameter.
> Or maybe there isn't any. I don't know where to look for an answer to this
> question, other than this knowledgeable group.....Oh, man mail maybe?
> Thanks in advance
> Jeff K
I suggest you use .forward to get root's mail to another account.
As root, do this:
echo username >> /root/.forward
That should forward root's mail to whatever username you specified.
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R
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