I see your point. I am newbie but I can see why I wouldn't want to IMAP with the credential of account with such privilages as root. How do I alias and us that to IMAP in to root's mailbox. Happy new year
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, technical wrote: > >> >> Thank you. I read the article. It states "You can't log in as root or >> any other UID 0 user. This is for your own safety, not to mention the >> fact >> that the servers use UID 0 as meaning "not logged in"." >> >> Given that, how can I can work around that restraint? > > Before "working around" it, think about why you might not want to run mail > clients as root, or have a server that has a less than stellar security > record playing around in root's home directory. > > When you hit an obstacle like this, and you see someone has gone to great > effort to try to discourage you from moving the obstacle... > > Do what everyone else does, alias root to a normal user account. While > you're at it, set up aliases for postmaster@, abuse@, webmaster@, etc. > > Charles > >> >> > technical said: >> >> I user Fedora Core 1. I have other account and squirrelmal can read >> >> them >> >> nicely. The root account is different; it tell's me that the user >> name >> >> or >> >> passord are wrong. I can access the root account through mutt and >> >> mozila >> >> mail >> > >> > http://www.washington.edu/imap/IMAP-FAQs/index.html#7.4 >> > >> > -- >> > William Hooper >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------- >> > This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. >> > Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for >> IBM's >> > Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys >> admin. >> > Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click >> > -- >> > squirrelmail-users mailing list >> > List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > List Archives: >> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 >> > List Info: >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users >> > >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. >> Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for >> IBM's >> Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys >> admin. >> Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click >> -- >> squirrelmail-users mailing list >> List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> List Archives: >> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 >> List Info: >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. > Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's > Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. > Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click > -- > squirrelmail-users mailing list > List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 > List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
