On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 12:09 -0700, Ed Warner wrote: > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 14:15:05 -0400 > From: "Mark Haney" > Subject: Re: Root's Mail > To: "For users of Fedora" > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="ISO-8859-1" > > Ed Warner wrote: > > I can not retrieve root's mail by typing "mail" from a > command prompt, either by logging in as root or su. > > I have added my username as an alias for root but still not > able. The folder for mail is there, just comes back as "no > mail for root" > > Any ideas? > > > > > > Uh, is it possible there is no mail for root? > > > -- > Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt -- Caius Julius Caesar > > > Mark Haney > Sr. Systems Administrator > ERC Broadband > (828) 350-2415 > > Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support > > Don't think so. The folder does contain mail. 1. If root is aliasewd to oyur user name you will get roots mail. 2. have you tried: mail -u, as root
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