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First of all, you may not want to log in as root just to read emails or do
any other stuff except admin. You want to use a regular user account.
With that said, here is a solution for your problem:
You may need to change your user info.
Log in as root, then execute /usr/bin/chfn
then, type in your real name, address, etc.
Hope this will help
Kai
On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Mario Lombardo wrote:
> I'm using Debian. When I mail something like this: mail john.doe@yahoo.com
>
> as root. It looks like this in receiver's box: FROM: root
> <mario@alienscience.com>
>
> How do I make it say my name instead of root?.
> Like this: Mario Lombardo <mario@alienscience.com>
>
> I know it's my mail setup because it happens with receiving accounts
> that aren't customized. My mail gets sent through exim, and that's
> all I know about mail stuff.
>
> Mario
>
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