Ian Smith wrote:
paqi# alias um
tty;id -p;who am i
paqi# um
/dev/ttyp3
login smithi
uid root
groups wheel operator network
root ttyp3Jan 11 14:09
Note 'id -p' showing 'login smithi'; see id(1) .. I gather that sendmail
must also use getlogin(2) - which value does not appea
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:22:47 + Jim Bow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mike Bristow wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 10:46:30AM +, Jim Bow wrote:
> >> 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 t
Paul Schmehl wrote:
I'm not sure what, but something is wrong. I did the exact same thing
you did, but the results are completely different.
The only difference I can spot is that you are using Postfix, while the
hosts I'm using all run standard Sendmail.
Could this be the problem? I might
--On Thursday, January 10, 2008 13:22:47 + Jim Bow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Mike Bristow wrote:
On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 10:46:30AM +, Jim Bow wrote:
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 r
Mike Bristow wrote:
On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 10:46:30AM +, Jim Bow wrote:
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.
use 'su -'. It means you get a login shell (which sets up the enviromen
[ apologies to Jim Bow who gets this twice due to my fingers typing
faster than my brain. ]
On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 10:46:30AM +, Jim Bow wrote:
> 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.
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
Jim Bow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a small shell script that does a backup to a usb drive and
> emails the results to a set of people. The script is triggered from
> devd (upon drive attachment) and runs as root.
>
> The problem is that the mail report is sent from an active system user
