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Bug #9944

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cron package tries to send out mail with non-existing sendmail tool

Added by Alex Kolesnik over 4 years ago. Updated over 4 years ago.

Status:
Not a Bug
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
Services
Target version:
-
Start date:
12/05/2019
Due date:
% Done:

0%

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Plus Target Version:
Release Notes:
Affected Version:
2.4.4-p3
Affected Architecture:
amd64

Description

Hi,

To reproduce, create a simple cron job, like:

*/1 * * * * root echo test

pfSense's system log will have something like:
cron[25085]: (root) MAIL (mailed 4 bytes of output but got status 0x0001 )

truss tool will show:
 6619: execve("/usr/sbin/sendmail",0x7fffffffe180,0x80122d000) ERR#2 'No such file or directory'

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 #1

Updated by Jim Pingle over 4 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Not a Bug

That's sort of on purpose. We don't ship anything like sendmail in the base system.

There is a sendmail work-alike script included in the arpwatch package.

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 #2

Updated by Alex Kolesnik over 4 years ago

Thanks for the explanation. In that case it would be nice to somehow utilize pfSense's notification settings (System/Advanced/Notifications). Any chances to get that implemented?

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