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From: rudolf@curano.acadch.com (Rudolf Kuenzli)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Elm doesn't work with "su"...
Keywords: using elm under "su"
Message-ID: <49@curano.acadch.com>
Date: 4 Jan 91 13:59:00 GMT
References: <2984@ux.acs.umn.edu>
Organization: Don Curano's Magic Empire, Switzerland
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edh@ux.acs.umn.edu (Eric D. Hendrickson) writes:

>I have two accounts on this machine, and when I "su" from one to the other,
>to read mail with elm, elm thinks I am the user I logged in as, not the
>user I su'd to.  I suspect this is because of a getlogin() somewhere.	Can
>this be changed, and if not, why not?	It would be most convenient.

I don't think that this is necessary. If you can 'su' to that user you
may with the same speed 'login' to that user as well...

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