Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:14:25 +0000 From: Mike Bristow <mike@urgle.com> To: Jim Bow <jimbow@darq.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail from: field question Message-ID: <20080110121425.GA21247@cheddar.urgle.com> In-Reply-To: <4785F786.1010706@darq.net> References: <47834FB2.9010907@darq.net> <443at70zy1.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <4785F786.1010706@darq.net>
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[ apologies to Jim Bow who gets this twice due to my fingers typing faster than my brain. ] On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 10:46:30AM +0000, Jim Bow wrote: > If I run the script (or just send a mail) on the command line using sudo, > then it's sent as me and not root. Same happens if I su to root first. use 'su -'. It means you get a login shell (which sets up the enviroment in the same way that login does). I expect you can do the same thing with sudo with something like 'sudo bash -login' or similar. > The only way I can get it to be sent from root is if I explicitly login as > root. > >> Make sure the results are the same (if they're not, the MTA isn't > > the problem). > > So it looks like it isn't. What can be the cause of this then? The extra things the shell does when running as a login shell; in particular clearing the enviroment and setting things like LOGNAME and USER (which I expect /usr/bin/mail and others pay attention to). -- Shenanigans! Shenanigans! Best of 3! -- Flash
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