Re: Where does $MAIL get set?

2013-01-13 Thread David Guntner
Following up to myself here, hoping that someone can help with one final problem I've run into. David Guntner grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Andrei POPESCU grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Mi, 09 ian 13, 11:32:02, David Guntner wrote: and then an echo $MAIL it has the correct value. It's

Re: Where does $MAIL get set?

2013-01-13 Thread David Guntner
David Guntner grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Following up to myself here, hoping that someone can help with one final problem I've run into. [...] If I ssh in from another machine. :-( I've verified that I get the value of $MAIL set to what I've put into pam.d files when I login via the

Re: Where does $MAIL get set?

2013-01-13 Thread David Guntner
David Guntner grabbed a keyboard and wrote: David Guntner grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Following up to myself here, hoping that someone can help with one final problem I've run into. [...] If I ssh in from another machine. :-( I've verified that I get the value of $MAIL set to what

Re: Where does $MAIL get set?

2013-01-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 09 ian 13, 11:32:02, David Guntner wrote: Well, it works, *almost* perfectly. If I login via SSH or on the console in a virtual terminal (alt-F1, etc.), it works just fine. But for some reason, if I login directly via the GUI login manager (I'm using KDE; don't know if Gnome does

Re: Where does $MAIL get set?

2013-01-11 Thread David Guntner
Andrei POPESCU grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Mi, 09 ian 13, 11:32:02, David Guntner wrote: and then an echo $MAIL it has the correct value. It's almost like somehow logging in via the KDM manager (again, haven't tested with GDM since I don't use Gnome, so I don't know if the problem is

Re: Where does $MAIL get set?

2013-01-09 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 11:08 PM, David Guntner dav...@akamail.net wrote: Does anyone know where the $MAIL environment variable get set when a user logs in? It's not in the ~/.profile or ~/.bashrc files that get put in when the account is created. I'm not sure where to look

Re: Where does $MAIL get set?

2013-01-09 Thread Steven Jan Springl
On Wednesday 09 Jan 2013 04:08:30 David Guntner wrote: Hi, Does anyone know where the $MAIL environment variable get set when a user logs in? It's not in the ~/.profile or ~/.bashrc files that get put in when the account is created. I'm not sure where to look Thanks!

Re: Where does $MAIL get set?

2013-01-09 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 3:33 AM, Steven Jan Springl ste...@springl.ukfsn.org wrote: On Wednesday 09 Jan 2013 04:08:30 David Guntner wrote: Does anyone know where the $MAIL environment variable get set when a user logs in? It's not in the ~/.profile or ~/.bashrc files that get put in when the

Re: Where does $MAIL get set?

2013-01-09 Thread David Guntner
Tom H grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 3:33 AM, Steven Jan Springl ste...@springl.ukfsn.org wrote: On Wednesday 09 Jan 2013 04:08:30 David Guntner wrote: Does anyone know where the $MAIL environment variable get set when a user logs in? It's not in the ~/.profile or

Re: Where does $MAIL get set?

2013-01-09 Thread Slavko
Hi, Dňa Wed, 9 Jan 2013 03:28:37 -0500 Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com napísal: /etc/login.defs From this file (Wheeze): # NOTE: This is no more used for setting up users MAIL environment variable # which is, starting from shadow 4.0.12-1 in Debian, entirely the # job of the pam_mail

Re: Where does $MAIL get set?

2013-01-09 Thread David Guntner
One last followup, in case anyone researching something similar notices he same semi-problem David Guntner grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Found the section in /etc/pam.d/login (and the corresponding one in /etc/pam.d/su) which reads: # Prints the status of the user's mailbox upon

Re: Where does $MAIL get set?

2013-01-09 Thread Gerald
On Tuesday, January 08, 2013 08:08:30 PM David Guntner wrote: Hi, Does anyone know where the $MAIL environment variable get set when a user logs in? It's not in the ~/.profile or ~/.bashrc files that get put in when the account is created. I'm not sure where to look Thanks!

Where does $MAIL get set?

2013-01-08 Thread David Guntner
Hi, Does anyone know where the $MAIL environment variable get set when a user logs in? It's not in the ~/.profile or ~/.bashrc files that get put in when the account is created. I'm not sure where to look Thanks! --Dave signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Where does $MAIL get set?

2013-01-08 Thread Igor Cicimov
/etc/profile On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 3:08 PM, David Guntner dav...@akamail.net wrote: Hi, Does anyone know where the $MAIL environment variable get set when a user logs in? It's not in the ~/.profile or ~/.bashrc files that get put in when the account is created. I'm not sure where to

Re: Where does $MAIL get set?

2013-01-08 Thread David Guntner
Igor Cicimov grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 3:08 PM, David Guntner dav...@akamail.net wrote: Does anyone know where the $MAIL environment variable get set when a user logs in? It's not in the ~/.profile or ~/.bashrc files that get put in when the account is created.

Re: Where does $MAIL get set?

2013-01-08 Thread Arun Khan
On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 10:35 AM, David Guntner dav...@akamail.net wrote: Igor Cicimov grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 3:08 PM, David Guntner dav...@akamail.net wrote: Does anyone know where the $MAIL environment variable get set when a user logs in? It's not in the

Re: Where does $MAIL get set?

2013-01-08 Thread David Guntner
Arun Khan grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 10:35 AM, David Guntner dav...@akamail.net wrote: Igor Cicimov grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 3:08 PM, David Guntner dav...@akamail.net wrote: Does anyone know where the $MAIL environment variable get set