Re: where environment variable MAIL was set?
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 05:07:35PM +0800, Zheng Tianyu wrote: > Hi, All > > My account name is airfish, after I sued to root, I found that the > environment variable MAIL remained MAIL=/var/mail/airfish. As a result, > when I start mutt, it opens the airfish's mailbox. That's not what i > desired. But I can't find where the MAIL is set. Should I unsetenv MAIL > in my root's login file? Or, you could just do a mutt -f /var/mail/root jerry > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: where environment variable MAIL was set?
Problem solved. Thank you. Zheng Tianyu On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 10:59:36AM +0100, Vince wrote: > Zheng Tianyu wrote: > > Hi, All > > > > My account name is airfish, after I sued to root, I found that the > > environment variable MAIL remained MAIL=/var/mail/airfish. As a result, > > when I start mutt, it opens the airfish's mailbox. That's not what i > > desired. But I can't find where the MAIL is set. Should I unsetenv MAIL > > in my root's login file? > > >From the manpage: > By default, the environment is unmodified with the exception of USER, > HOME, and SHELL. > > and > > > -l Simulate a full login. The environment is discarded except for > HOME, SHELL, PATH, TERM, and USER. HOME and SHELL are >modified as above. > > Vince > > ___ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: where environment variable MAIL was set?
Zheng Tianyu wrote: > Hi, All > > My account name is airfish, after I sued to root, I found that the > environment variable MAIL remained MAIL=/var/mail/airfish. As a result, > when I start mutt, it opens the airfish's mailbox. That's not what i > desired. But I can't find where the MAIL is set. Should I unsetenv MAIL > in my root's login file? >From the manpage: By default, the environment is unmodified with the exception of USER, HOME, and SHELL. and -l Simulate a full login. The environment is discarded except for HOME, SHELL, PATH, TERM, and USER. HOME and SHELL are modified as above. Vince > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
