Control: close #1063369
Hi,
Marc Haber schrieb am 07.02.2024 15:08 (GMT +01:00):
> On Tue, Feb 06, 2024 at 10:22:35PM +0100, Timo Sigurdsson wrote:
>> Package: aide
>> Version: 0.18.3-1+deb12u2
>
> Just for the record: Changing this in bookworm won't happen.
>
>> since Debian Bookworm, aide refuses to send emails by default if
>> s-nail is not installed.
>
> This is not correct, MAILCMD is honored.
Yes, that's how I worked around it. But that wasn't needed before Bookworm.
> Documentation says:
>
> | The daily aide check will automatically select the method of sending
> | mail according to the rules documented above. The variable MAILCMD in
> | /etc/default/aide can be used to override these rules. If you know
> | that your mail(1) works in a scenario where the automatism refuses to
> | use mail(1), setting MAILCMD to the path to mail(1) manually will force
> | the script to use mail(1). If you need more flexibility and/or would
> | prefer to have additional methods of delivering the report supported
> | by the package, please file a wishlist bug.
I somehow did not fully read that paragraph. That is actually quite close to
what I proposed, except I'd prefer the script not trying to be too smart here,
but it's fair enough, I think.
[...]
>> The downside is
>> that my custom MAILSUBJ is ignored now since Debian Bookworm.
>
> MAILSUBJ is honored in the code of dailyaidecheck:
> if [ -n "${MAILCMD:-}" ]; then
> eval "${MAILCMD} -s \"${MAILSUBJ}\" \"${MAILTO}\"" || RET=$?
>
> mailx is documented to honor the -s parameter. Please verify that mailx
> is called correctly by our code and file an appropriate bug either
> against aide or mailx.
You are right. I actually confused the change of my MAILSUBJ - it is honored -
with the new sender name (since it's not root anymore that sends mail). So,
everything works as expected.
Sorry for the noise :(
Regards,
Timo
