Enabling root account thru IMAP

[Benjamin J. Weiss]

On Tue, 7 Sep 2004, Richard Hobbs wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Using RedHat 8.0, I need to do one of these things (but not both):
> 
>   1. Allow root to log into IMAP Server.
> 
>   2. Forward all root email to another user on the same machine.
> 
> Can anyone suggest how to do one of these? (Preferably No. 2)
> 

Yep, #2 is very doable.  However, how you do it depends upon which mail 
system you're using, sendmail, postfix, etc.  I'm using postfix, and what 
I do is edit my /etc/postfix/aliases file and then run the newaliases 
command.  I think in sendmail you'd modify the /etc/aliases file and then 
run the newaliases command, but I'm not sure (I refuse to run sendmail for 
security reasons).

Good luck!

Ben