Hi Dennis Thanks for your advice. As ROOT # su - AAA # evolution evolution-shell-WARNING **: Cannot access Bonobo/ConfigDatabase on wombat: (IDL:OAF/GeneralError:1.0) Following warning popup Error Cannot initialize the Ximian Evolution shell: Configuration Database B.Regards Stephen On Thu, 2003-05-01 at 17:38, Dennis Gilmore wrote: > On Thu, 1 May 2003 07:07 pm, Stephen Liu wrote: > > Hi Kenneth, > > > > Thanks for your advice. > > su - AAA > you can then run evolution > > the su - AAA will switch you to the user from trhe command line then just run > the command for you mail client > > > > > I am running Ximian Evolution or I can use Mozilla Mail > > > > B.Regards > > Stephen > > > > On Thu, 2003-05-01 at 16:44, Kenneth Goodwin wrote: > > > Not knowing what mailer you are using, but check the MAN > > > pages as appropriate . Most mailers have command line flags to read' > > > from a file. for example > > > > > > mail -f users_mail_box_filepathname > > > > > > will do what you are looking for under the MAIL command. > > > You may need to leave the messages in the inbox depending > > > on what your needs are. Read and delete, OR read and leave for real user. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: psyche-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > [mailto:psyche-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Stephen Liu > > > > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 4:30 AM > > > > To: psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > Subject: Re: Adminstration quesiton > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Martin, > > > > > > > > Thanks for your response. > > > > > > > > I am the Administrator. It is not be a good practice to use > > > > ROOT to work > > > > including sending/receiving mails, therefore I create a USER > > > > account for > > > > myself on the OS, say, "AAA" for daily routine. Now the problem is > > > > occasionally when I do administrating work as ROOT I need to refer to > > > > data in mails (either incoming or outgoing). In such case I have to > > > > re-login as USER to read it. It is not convenient. Of course I can > > > > leave all incoming mails on ISP server but they will > > > > accumulate. OR I > > > > can save the mails as file and keep them on /tmp folder but this > > > > arrangement just increases workload. > > > > > > > > To overcome the forgoing question I am trying to find a > > > > solution which > > > > allows the Administrator to read a particular USER's mail boxes while > > > > login as ROOT. I am not considering changing the setup from time to > > > > time. > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > B.Regards > > > > Stephen > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2003-05-01 at 08:17, Martin Stricker wrote: > > > > > Stephen Liu wrote: > > > > > > Can an Administrator view the incoming/outgoing mail box > > > > > > > > of all users > > > > > > > > > > or a selected user without login to their/his page > > > > > > > > > > root can view any file, and a mailbox is just a file. This > > > > > > > > is necessary, > > > > > > > > > backups and other things wouldn't work otherwise. Normally > > > > > > > > admins have > > > > > > > > > neither interest nor time to read other people's mail. > > > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > Martin Stricker > > > > > -- > > > > > Homepage: http://www.martin-stricker.de/ > > > > > Linux Migration Project: http://www.linux-migration.org/ > > > > > Red Hat Linux 8.0 for low memory: http://www.rule-project.org/ > > > > > Registered Linux user #210635: http://counter.li.org/ > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Psyche-list mailing list > > > > Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > > > > > > -- > > > Psyche-list mailing list > > > Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
