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Date:      Fri, 16 Nov 2001 13:49:58 -0800 (PST)
From:      "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org>
To:        Kelly Hendrix <kelly@slackwit.com>
Cc:        Praveen Bobba <pbobba1@panam.edu>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <20011116134634.C867-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <20011116163646.A9763@www.slackwit.com>

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On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Kelly Hendrix wrote:

> > How to forward the root user email to another user
> >
> > Thank you
>
> Go to /root.  Create a file called .forward with the following
> information:
>
> user #local user on same machine
> user@otherhost # users on other machines or domains

this is a bad idea. it may be 'easier' to handle, but if the file
permissions are wrong, it allows someone else to see/change/modify the
root email.

it's better form to use the aliases(5) file to handle forwarding of roots
email to a local user or users.

> Of course user is the name of a legitimate user on the local machine and
> user@otherhost is an email address.  See man forward for more info.


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