Paul Ward schrieb:
Hi all,
I was hoping for some advice on the mail command or posfix config.
How can I send mail and change the from address to be something other
than root.
eg
0 1,7,13,19 * * * cd /usr/sbin/; ./chkrootkit 2>&1 | mail -s
"chkrootkit output" pnward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
This returns an excellent output but its from root@mybox.
I'd like it to come from chkrootkit@mybox
Paul
Use "nail" instead of "mail". nail is packaged in Fedora Extras. It
allows you to set the envelope sender - at least I think you mean that
when your speak about the "from address" in lack of better knowledge (as
oppose to the header from:). The "sendmail" binary call allows you to
set the envelope sender as well, by using the "-f user@xxxxxxxxxx"
parameter call (both with Sendmail and Postfix). If you instead want a
header from: set you must do a different mailing which sets the required
header fields and not simply pipes output into a mail body.
Alexander
