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Date:      Wed, 11 Jul 2001 13:25:34 -0500
From:      Tony Wells <tony@camel.kdsi.net>
To:        Jason McReynolds <jason@themcreynolds.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sendimg mail using PHP from apache
Message-ID:  <3B4C9A1E.85D6D4AF@camel.kdsi.net>
References:  <001b01c109d2$41814ea0$450a6441@Hunter> <3B4C5CE5.7D3BE17B@camel.kdsi.net> <004201c10a34$1ddacbe0$430a6441@destroyer>

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You can always try and write a file with a test message and pipe it to
sendmail -t as the user Apache runs as to see if sendmail is allowing
spoofing for that user.  If it doesn't work you know it's sendmail and
not PHP/Apache.  I'd try this first to try and narrow down where the
problem is.

Jason McReynolds wrote:
> 
> I tried that and a couple other thing, but it doesn't seem to work. Do you
> know if I need to change something in my sendmail.cf or php.ini files???
> Thanks,
> 
> Jason
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tony Wells" <tony@camel.kdsi.net>
> To: "Jason" <jason@borderpatrolclan.net>
> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 7:04 AM
> Subject: Re: sendimg mail using PHP from apache
> 
> If I remember correctly, PHP still uses sendmail as the MTA.  If the
> user that Apache runs as doesn't have the rights to "spoof" mail, It
> might still show up as unpriviledged user.
> 
> Put the user Apache runs as in the /etc/mail/trusted-users file, then
> you can appear to be whomever you wish.  (If you have an older install
> of sendmail, the trusted user file is named different.)
> 
> > Jason wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to send mail using a PHP script, with PHP running on a
> > FreeBSD/Apache server. I can send mail successfully, but the user
> > shows up as "Unprivileged user." The PHP script uses a from address,
> > but it is not used when the message is sent. Can I change Apache to
> > get this to work, or do I have to do something with the PHP script?
> > Any suggestions would be nice, and hopefully my problem is clear.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jason

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