Where does your /etc/aliases file say root should go too? If you have it setup to go to other than root, than there is your problem. It will do what the aliases file says to do before it tries to go to the root account. There is a possibility that it just won't work with root.....not sure. But if you are trying to get all of the mail to go to another email address, why don't you just set it up in the /etc/aliases file anyway.
Steve At 05:23 PM 10/15/2002 -0400, you wrote: >I'm having some odd results with .forward under RH7.3, >which I only recently caught. > >Basically, everyone EXCEPT root can have a functional .forward. >Root's .forward DOES NOT WORK. Period. It blasts right >through the .forward and ignores it. I've tried to set >.forward to a user on the machine and I've tried setting it >to an external email address, neither works; it still goes >to root's mailbox. > >This is VERY odd; I never saw this behavior in any other *nix, >nor even in other versions of Unix. > >Anyone seen anything like this before? Anyone have a clue >what is causing it? Sendmail is not running, but that shouldn't >matter at all. And like I said, all of the OTHER users can >properly get .forward working. I want to mail a copy of >the messages to my primary account so that I can see them without >having to be logged in as root. > >R/William Ward > > > >-- >redhat-list mailing list >unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. >ow3 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ow3 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
