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On 21 dec 2005, at 20:55, Pietro Cerutti wrote:

> On 12/21/05, Daniel A. <ldrada@gmail.com> 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 for  
> details
>
...followed by:
mail -uroot

Arno