On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 23:28:01 +0100, Christoph Gysin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ryan Sims wrote: > > This sometimes happens when the $MAIL environment variable gets set > > wrong. The directory specified in that variable will be watched for > > new mail; sometimes (I think this is mainly a problem with "su", but > > I'm not sure) it gets set to "/root" and gets confused. > > I have the exact same issue here. Does anybody know where the $MAIL > variable gets set, or how to prevent it from being set at all? > > Christoph Gysin
I put "unset MAIL" in my root's .bashrc since I'm running a single-user system where that mail feature is pretty useless to me. For other applications, that workaround might be a problem. check this thread: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-246271-highlight-mail+variable.html it looks like it's a problem with shadow-4.0.5-r2 -- Be the person your dog thinks you are -- [email protected] mailing list
