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FS#39759 - ssmtp puts sendmail in /usr/bin
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Opened by Tim Perkins (tprk77) - Saturday, 05 April 2014, 22:31 GMT
Last edited by Eric Belanger (Snowman) - Saturday, 05 April 2014, 23:34 GMT
Opened by Tim Perkins (tprk77) - Saturday, 05 April 2014, 22:31 GMT
Last edited by Eric Belanger (Snowman) - Saturday, 05 April 2014, 23:34 GMT
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DetailsDescription:
ssmtp is putting sendmail in /usr/bin/sendmail, when other programs expect it to be in /usr/sbin/sendmail. For example, using the mail command doesn't work. There was an old bug for this, Additional info: [tperkins@T77 ~]$ pacman -Ql ssmtp ssmtp /etc/ ssmtp /etc/ssmtp/ ssmtp /etc/ssmtp/revaliases ssmtp /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf ssmtp /usr/ ssmtp /usr/bin/ ssmtp /usr/bin/mailq ssmtp /usr/bin/newaliases ssmtp /usr/bin/sendmail ssmtp /usr/bin/ssmtp ssmtp /usr/share/ ssmtp /usr/share/man/ ssmtp /usr/share/man/man5/ ssmtp /usr/share/man/man5/ssmtp.conf.5.gz ssmtp /usr/share/man/man8/ ssmtp /usr/share/man/man8/ssmtp.8.gz [tperkins@T77 ~]$ ls -l /usr/bin/sendmail lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Sep 14 2013 /usr/bin/sendmail -> ssmtp Steps to reproduce: Follow the steps in the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SSMTP Trying to use the mail command doesn't work, and says something like this: /usr/sbin/sendmail: No such file or directory "/home/tperkins/dead.letter" 12/272 . . . message not sent. |
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