Am 2009-01-09 13:34:03, schrieb Ron Johnson: > On 01/09/09 11:04, root wrote: > > How can I get 'root' out of the 'From:' line of root's offsite mail? > >I've scanned the docs for exim4, mutt and mailx on this Debian > >etch(mostly) system but nothing found so far. > > I know I can send mail as another user but would rather > > You *should*. > > Running as root is a *Bad Idea* for the same reason that running a > Windows account is a Bad Idea.
Can you please tell this "cron" If you have a System without any user accounts, there are a bunch of services installed (like "cron") which send "From: root" and you can not configure this crap (I have already filles a bug report for it) Note: Even if you forward "root" message sto a user account, the "From:" is always "root" and the Forward-Account is "Delivered-To: some_user". Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator 24V Electronic Engineer Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ ##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ##################### <http://www.tamay-dogan.net/> <http://www.can4linux.org/> Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 +49/177/9351947 50, rue de Soultz MSN LinuxMichi +33/6/61925193 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)
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