>I took a look at /usr/src/usr/bin/mail but didn't find any obvious reason why.

umm, if you track down where mail gets the name from, you find:

char*   
username()
{
        char *np; 
 
        if ((np = getenv("USER")) != NOSTR)
                return np;
        return getname(getuid());
}

now, i'll bet that you've got USER set...


as for your 'from' problems:

327 [sun-lamp] mail % from | wc
     870    6090   53944 
328 [sun-lamp] mail % su
Password:
sun-lamp# from | wc
from: can't read /var/mail/root.
       0       0       0 
sun-lamp# from root
from: can't read /var/mail/root.


i'd guess that there's something wrong with your environment.


cgd

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