Re: PHP mail as 'nobody'

On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Dave Goodrich wrote: > The problem is that some of our customers are now blocking mail from user > 'nobody', regardless if the account exists or not. I can have PHP write the > complete headers but that doesn't stop the 'from' header in Sendmail being > written (the true user process). I have two choices as I see it. > > 1) Use 'masquerade_envelope' feature in Sendmail > 2) Change the process name PHP/Apache is running under > (ex: change the unprivledged user 'nobody' to 'fantasic-elastic') You have one additional option. You can make the nobody user 'trusted' by sendmail. It's been awhile since I've done this but I believe you need to add a line to /etc/sendmail.cf along the lines of "Tnobody". Don't forget to restart sendmail for the changes to take effect. Then all you have to do is pass your own From: header and you're set. (it should be noted however that the Return-Path: header will always remain 'nobody'. --Steve