On Sun, 6 Jul 2025 at 12:01, Holger Levsen <hol...@layer-acht.org> wrote: > > --- what provides mail(1) --is it mailx or mailutils etc? (probably doesnt > > matter, but.) > > bsd-mailx
i'm not sure, but i think this may be the problem --- looking at https://salsa.debian.org/debian/bsd-mailx/-/blob/master/send.c and https://salsa.debian.org/debian/bsd-mailx/-/blob/master/debian/patches/02-Base-fixes-1.patch it seems debian has patched bsd-mailx to hardcode /tmp (im not sure about this, i only read the code on salsa, and couldnt spot where the directory was set)? does it work to use mailutils instead? does editing /sbin/chkrootkit-daily to use sendmail fix it (something like this): @@ -105,7 +105,11 @@ if [ -s "$FILE" ]; then # run by systemd: product a line on stdout for the journal echo "sending alert to $MAILTO: $SUBJECT" fi - mail -s "$SUBJECT" "$MAILTO" < "$FILE" + { + echo "$SUBJECT" + echo + cat "$FILE" + } | sendmail "$MAILTO"
