Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:46:30 +0000 From: Jim Bow <jimbow@darq.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail from: field question Message-ID: <4785F786.1010706@darq.net> In-Reply-To: <443at70zy1.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <47834FB2.9010907@darq.net> <443at70zy1.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Lowell Gilbert wrote: > The answer will probably depend on the MTA you're using (which you > didn't mention, so it's probably sendmail) You've guessed it. Its out-of-the-box sendmail. > Run the script from the command line and in particular just call > mail the way the script does. 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. 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? Thanks for your help. JimBow
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