From suse-linux-e Wed May 05 07:36:42 2004 From: Ain Vagula Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 07:36:42 +0000 To: suse-linux-e Subject: Re: [SLE] Good Mail Reader that can be launched from xterm??? Message-Id: <4098998A.1040907 () riiska ! ee> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=suse-linux-e&m=108374278112768 John N. Alegre wrote: >Amish, > >On 05-May-04 Amish Munshi wrote: > > >> A simple shell script should be able to do your job, mutt is the my >> favourite for reading mails, the skeleton of the script is as >> follows. >> >>su user1 -c "mutt" >>su user1 -c "mutt" >> >> >> >mutt is not at all what I have in mind! > >I know you can su to a different user and use a text based mail reader like >mutt or pine from within the xterm. I am looking for a full GUI mail reader >that can be launched from the command line of xterm. Something that has the >look and functionality of Netscape mail. I know there is Kmial but how can >that be launched as a su'ed user? > >To be more clear, if I have users root, joe, frank and bill. I log in as bill, >su to root. Now su to joe and frank does not require a password. So I want to >su to joe or frank and launch the equivalent of Netscape Mail / Kmail or >whatever on bills desktop but as joe or frank. > >I used to do this with XFmail in Red Hat 6.0 but I am looking for even more GUI >functionality that even XFmail. > > try: kdesu -u (joe_or_frank) kmail (or whatever) ain -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com