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and subject line Re: libpam-modules: $MAIL environment variable is not set
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regarding libpam-modules: $MAIL environment variable is not set
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Package: libpam-modules
Version: 1.0.1-4
Severity: important
I set 'dir=~/Maildir' on the pam_mail line in '/etc/pam.d/login', and mail
notification
is sent correctly, but the $MAIL environment variable is not set/exported to
the shell (bash in my case).
The documentation states that the MAIL environment is set but it is not.
The $MAIL environment variable is not set for the user, contrary to the
documentation.
After getting to the commmand prompt, 'set | grep MAIL' always shows
'MAIL=/var/mail/<login>',
which is the default MAIL environment variable set in 'paths.h'.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL
set to en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages libpam-modules depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libdb4.6 4.6.21-11 Berkeley v4.6 Database Libraries [
ii libpam0g 1.0.1-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libselinux1 2.0.65-5 SELinux shared libraries
libpam-modules recommends no packages.
libpam-modules suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:43:30PM -0400, Dave Witbrodt wrote:
> Obviously that's not a Maildir in my user directory! Then I
> remembered reading that SSH behaves differently than logging in
> directly on the machine in question. So, sitting at that machine I
> got this:
> dawit...@webserver:~$ echo $MAIL
> /home/dawitbro/Maildir
Ok - is it possible this was the problem all along, that the config change
hadn't been made in the right place?
> Looks good! When did it get fixed? I see no reference to a fix in
> the changelog.
Yes, I don't know of any recent changes in the package that would account
for this, so I think the most logical explanation is that you overlooked
/etc/pam.d/ssh before.
> >If you're still seeing this problem, please let me know what version of
> >libpam-modules you have installed and provide the complete contents of the
> >file from /etc/pam.d for the corresponding service.
> Problem seems to be cured. Any idea whom I should thank?
No idea... :)
Anyway, thanks for the feedback - marking the bug as fixed!
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