Linux mail command

[Alexander Dalloz]

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 at googlemail.com
>
> This returns an excellent output but its from root at mybox.
> I'd like it to come from chkrootkit at 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 at domain.tld" 
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