Re: Telnet/pop3 Problem

["Alan & Susan Mead" <amead soltec net>]

>On Fri, Apr 02, 1999 at 10:15:04AM +0800, Edward Dekkers said:
>> > Can you log in as a normal user and su - to read root's mail?
>> > Bret
>>
>> I've been lurking and reading this thread, coz I'm interested aswell. But
>> what you just mentioned does not work...
>>
>
>Why not? I just tried it and it works for me. I'm using RH 5.2 and mutt as
>my MUA.

Yes, as Ed says, it does work.  To be precise, you need a
hyphen/dash/minus/whatever as the first argument.  See man su.

-Alan