how user@wheel group check the root's mail

[f5b]

user abc belongs to wheel group

how can the user abc check the root's mail?

for example:
when user abc log in from remote machine

abc$
su root

root#mail
Mail version 8.1 6/6/93.  Type ? for help.
"/var/mail/lu": 0 messages

but when I stand in front of the server' screen and log in with root, I can check many mails for root.

waiting for your suggestion

 

[sixtydoses]

Try $ su - root or $ su - instead.

 

[f5b]

Try $ su - root or $ su - instead.

thanks, It works now.

btw, how to add [solved] to my post title in the freebsd forum?

 

[sixtydoses]

thanks, It works now.

btw, how to add [solved] to my post title in the freebsd forum?

Go to advanced mode.

Even I missed it last time --> http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=10979

 

[graudeejs]

after us or sude
# mail -u root

 

[SirDice]

Why don't you just edit /etc/aliases and have the mail sent to this user? Don't forget to do a # newaliases after you've edited the aliases file.