Re: mail command failing

On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 10:00 -0700, Mike Wright wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm very puzzled by this. I've been using the php mail command for > years but now I can't get it to work and can't figure out how to > diagnose the problem. > > The code below was copied from the manual (addresses changed, etc); > php.ini has safe_mode off; binary is at /usr/sbin/sendmail. > > <?php > ini_set("SMTP","localhost" ); > ini_set('sendmail_from', 'mike.wright@mailinator.com'); > > $name = "Mike Wright"; //senders name > $email = "mike.wright@mailinator.com"; //senders e-mail adress > $recipient = "mike.wright@mailinator.com"; //recipient > $body = "The text for the mail..."; //mail body > $subject = "Subject for review"; //subject > $header = "From: $name <$email>\r\n"; //optional headerfields > > $echo = mail($recipient, $subject, $body, $header) ? 'success':'fail'; > echo "<br/><br/>$echo"; > > I can access the mail server with "/usr/bin/mailx" and by telnet > "localhost 25". I can also send mail using php by using 'exec (" echo > $body | mailx -s $subject $recipient")'. > > php-5.2.29 on fedora10 with apache 2.2.14. Can this be selinux related? > > Any ideas or troubleshooting tips? > > Thanks, > Mike Wright > The first ini_set variable you're setting I believe will only work for a Windows server. Aside from that, yes SELinux does prevent the mail command from sending mail by default. I'm using Fedora 11, so I assume it will be similar; there are config tools for setting SELinux policies, or you could even turn it off (not advised on a live server). As a test, try turning it off temporarily just to see if it is the culprit, then you can determine what policy changes need to be made. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk