On Sat, 2004-07-17 at 23:13, L. Clayton Parker wrote: > On Sat, 2004-07-17 at 22:13, Scot L. Harris wrote: > > > > > > Better make that command: > > > > > > mail -u root > > > > > > or it won't work. > > > > Not true. I said to login or su to the root user before running the > > mail command. > > > Yes, you are right that it will work if you login. But, if you simply > su and then run the command: mail without switches, it will check the > user account by default, not the root account. You are correct. I should have specified su - so you get the root users environment as well so the mail command will work as expected. I do that by default when I use su. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx "I went into a general store, and they wouldn't sell me anything specific". -- Steven Wright
