The "From" part...

[BIS]

Hello again.
Does anybody know if the 'from' part can be changed when sending an email (with mailx) as root? It currently says Super-User, I would love to be able to change it to, say, Bob the Builder. This is the format I use, from the command line:

cat /some/file | mailx -s "Subject" me@over.here

Any ideas?

 

[grega]

It comes from the comment field in /etc/passwd. You can change it using usermod -c "Bob the Builder" root.

Greg.

 

[Butterfly123]

Use sendmail command with option "-f" to send the mail. You can set the senders name with -f option.

Regds,

- Hemant

 

[BIS]

Many thanks. I seem to have trouble though. Could you tell me if this is the correct syntax?

cat /some/stuff | /usr/lib/sendmail -s "Subject" -f "Bob" me@over.here

When I do this I get:
Bob... User unknown
-f... User unknown
Bob... User unknown
/dead.letter... Saved message in /dead.letter

Any ideas?

 

[Butterfly123]

See Sendmail command manual (by using man sendmail).. u will get correct syntax of this command..

Regds,

- Hemant

 

[BIS]

I am aware of 'man sendmail'.....

It seems as if the -s option is specific to mail/mailx and does not exist in sendmail. Unfortunately the -f option (which works a treat, thank you) seems only available in sendmail and not in mail/mailx. I was hoping to use both options, is this at all possible?

 

[BIS]

Hello again...

For anybody who might be interested, this little script did the job, which was to specify both the "From" part, the Subject, and attach a txt file:

/usr/lib/sendmail -f &quot;Bob the Builder&quot; me@over.here << END
`(
echo &quot;Subject: Some Subject Text&quot;
echo &quot;&quot;
cat /some/file
)`
`cat /another/file`
`uuencode /another/file Attachment1`
END