On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Gilles Chehade <[email protected]> wrote: > this was discussed with jacekm@ and the issue is actually a bit > trickier than i initially assumed, we'll fix that soon but it's > not a five minutes fix as it looks like ;)
as a bystander/observer to this discussion thread, this sounds interesting and I was wondering if there would/could be any narrative to the core of the problem and fix? --patrick > Gilles > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 09:51:59AM +0200, Nicolas Letellier wrote: >> I tested with the latest files on CVS (this morning), the error is >> always here. >> >> To reproduce the problem: >> >> - edit crontab root >> - set a fake cronjob which print anything: */1 * * * * ls / >> - set a root alias (/etc/mail/aliases) to an other mail (root: >> [email protected]) >> >> And wait to receive the mail... See the header (I replaced my full >> hostname by sub.domain.net, and the root alias by [email protected]) >> >> From - Tue Oct 13 09:34:56 2009 >> X-Account-Key: account4 >> X-UIDL: 1255419242.14725.mrelay6-g25 >> X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 >> X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 >> X-Mozilla-Keys: >> Return-Path: <[email protected]> >> Delivered-To: [email protected] >> Received: (qmail 14687 invoked from network); 13 Oct 2009 07:34:02 -0000 >> Received: from mx23-g26.free.fr (HELO sub.domain.net) (212.xx.xx.xx) >> by mrelay6-g25.free.fr with SMTP; 13 Oct 2009 07:34:02 -0000 >> Received: from sub.domain.net ([82.xxx.xx.xxx]) >> by mx2-g20.free.fr (MXproxy) for [email protected] ; >> Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:34:02 +0200 (CEST) >> X-ProXaD-SC: state=HAM score=10 >> Received: from localhost (0...@localhost [IPv6:::1]) >> by sub.domain.net (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id > 1255419241.POaAAxCh6duP43wr >> for <[email protected]>; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:34:01 +0200 (CEST) >> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:34:01 +0200 (CEST) >> Message-Id: <[email protected]> >> From: root (Cron Daemon) >> To: root >> Subject: Cron <r...@esgaroth> ls / >> Auto-Submitted: auto-generated >> X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> >> X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin> >> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/var/log> >> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root> >> X-Cron-Env: <USER=root> >> >> As you can see, the problem is the "From" field. There is no hostname >> here. So, a MUA can't answer to it. >> >> If you send a mail with : echo "hello world" | mail >> [email protected], no problem. The problem is *only* when a mail >> is sent from and by a crontab with OpenSMTPd (no problems with Sendmail >> or Postfix). >> >> Regards, >> >> Nicolas >> >> Le 13/10/2009 08:52, Gilles Chehade a icrit : >> > I'll fix this by this week-end, yesterday's late bug tracking of this >> > issue >> > was not successful, I can totally reproduce it on my production >> > server, but >> > not on the box im hacking on ... >> > >> > Gilles >> > >> > Nicolas Letellier wrote: >> >> Hello. >> >> >> >> I'm on a OPENBSD_4_6. I use smtpd insted of sendmail. All works >> >> perfect with it, except one point. When a mail is sent from a >> >> crontab, the mail received has this in the header: >> >> >> >>> From: root (Cron Daemon) >> >> >> >> I have no hostname, no domain, nothing. Just the user in the From part. >> >> >> >> This case is only when a mail is sent from a crontab (crontab -e -u >> >> root). With this line for example: >> >> >> >>> */1 * * * * echo test >> >> >> >> So, we wan't answer to this mail, or know who is the machine which >> >> send it. However, in other informations in the header, we wan see the >> >> domain in 'Received' parts. >> >> >> >> >> >> See my /etc/mail/smtpd.conf: >> >>> listen on sk0 >> >>> >> >>> hostname my.hostname.tld >> >>> >> >>> map "aliases" { source db "/etc/mail/aliases.db" } >> >>> >> >>> accept from all for local deliver to mbox >> >>> accept for all relay >> >> >> >> See the end of /etc/mail/aliases >> >>> root: [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> And, other question... Why "Cron Daemon" AND "root" are printed in my >> >> "From"? >> >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> > >> >> >> -- >> Nicolas >> > > -- > Gilles Chehade > freelance developer/sysadmin/consultant > > http://www.poolp.org
