Re: mail command failing

On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 10:27 -0700, Mike Wright wrote: > Ashley Sheridan wrote: > > 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. > >> > >> > >> php-5.2.29 on fedora10 with apache 2.2.14. Can this be selinux related? > >> > > > > 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, but no cigar. Selinux is set disabled. Absolutely baffled > and confounded that there doesn't seem to be a way to diagnose the problem. > > Mike > I can only guess that PHP somehow isn't seeing the sendmail program for some reason. Have you compared the output of a phpinfo() call on this system and another where it is working to see if there are any obvious differences in the server setups? Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk