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Date:      Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:47:36 -0700
From:      perryh@pluto.rain.com
To:        FreeBSD@insightbb.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sudo anomaly
Message-ID:  <4ca03e08.epDeUCUsR%2BKJ6P/w%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
In-Reply-To: <201009261247.30582.FreeBSD@insightbb.com>
References:  <201009261247.30582.FreeBSD@insightbb.com>

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Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@insightbb.com> wrote:

> ... tried sudo mail. I got root's mailbox nd I deleted all but two
> emails. When I q(uit) mail, it said it saved 2 messages in mbox.
> But when I try to go back in it says I don't have any mail. There
> is no root directory in /var/mail.
>
> Did sudo lose my mbox?

"mbox" != the (input) system mailbox.

Chances are, those 2 messages are in /root/mbox



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