[Popcon-developers] Bug#264593: marked as done (popularity-contest: it should be possible to configure user which invokes sendmail)
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From: Martin Dickopp <martin-deb@zero-based.org>
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Subject: popularity-contest: it should be possible to configure user which invokes
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Package: popularity-contest
Version: 1.23
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Hi,
I think it is reasonable to configure the MTA so that "root" cannot
send mail to the outside world. Therefore, I would like to be able
to configure a user as which popcon invokes the MTA. A patch to add
this functionality is included.
Best regards,
Martin
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (200, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-3
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro
Versions of packages popularity-contest depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.30 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.10.23 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii exim4-daemon-light [mail-tran 4.34-4 Lightweight version of the Exim (v
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diff -ur popularity-contest-1.23.orig/FAQ popularity-contest-1.23/FAQ
--- popularity-contest-1.23.orig/FAQ 2004-05-14 14:44:53.000000000 +0200
+++ popularity-contest-1.23/FAQ 2004-08-09 14:56:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@
A) popularity-contest send the report as root but the email address of the root
user was not configured properly. With exim, you can add an entry for root
- in /etc/email-addresses with a suitable address.
+ in /etc/email-addresses with a suitable address. Alternatively, you can
+ specify another user to send the report as by setting MAILUSER in
+ /etc/popularity-contest.conf.
A better fix would be to change popcon.debian.org to not reject emails with
invalid sender domain in the first place, but it is out of our reach for the
diff -ur popularity-contest-1.23.orig/debian/cron.weekly popularity-contest-1.23/debian/cron.weekly
--- popularity-contest-1.23.orig/debian/cron.weekly 2004-02-10 12:56:26.000000000 +0100
+++ popularity-contest-1.23/debian/cron.weekly 2004-08-09 16:31:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
unset MAILFROM
unset MAILTO
+unset MAILUSER
unset MY_HOSTID
unset PARTICIPATE
@@ -41,9 +42,17 @@
do_sendmail()
{
if [ -n "$MAILFROM" ]; then
- sendmail -oi -f "$MAILFROM" "$MAILTO"
+ if [ -n "$MAILUSER" ] && [ "$MAILUSER" != root ]; then
+ HOME=/tmp su "$MAILUSER" -s /bin/sh -c "/usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -f \"$MAILFROM\" \"$MAILTO\""
+ else
+ sendmail -oi -f "$MAILFROM" "$MAILTO"
+ fi
else
- sendmail -oi "$MAILTO"
+ if [ -n "$MAILUSER" ] && [ "$MAILUSER" != root ]; then
+ HOME=/tmp su "$MAILUSER" -s /bin/sh -c "/usr/sbin/sendmail -oi \"$MAILTO\""
+ else
+ sendmail -oi "$MAILTO"
+ fi
fi
}
diff -ur popularity-contest-1.23.orig/default.conf popularity-contest-1.23/default.conf
--- popularity-contest-1.23.orig/default.conf 2004-01-26 21:59:18.000000000 +0100
+++ popularity-contest-1.23/default.conf 2004-08-09 14:54:25.000000000 +0200
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
#
#MAILFROM="root@example.org"
+# If MAILUSER is set, the MTA is invoked as the specified user;
+# otherwise it is invoked as root.
+#
+#MAILUSER="username"
+
# MY_HOSTID is a secret number that the popularity-contest receiver
# uses to keep track of your submissions. Whenever you send in a
# new entry, it overwrites the last one that had the same HOSTID.
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Subject: Bug#264593: fixed in popularity-contest 1.26
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Source: popularity-contest
Source-Version: 1.26
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
popularity-contest, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
popularity-contest_1.26.dsc
to pool/main/p/popularity-contest/popularity-contest_1.26.dsc
popularity-contest_1.26.tar.gz
to pool/main/p/popularity-contest/popularity-contest_1.26.tar.gz
popularity-contest_1.26_all.deb
to pool/main/p/popularity-contest/popularity-contest_1.26_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 264593@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> (supplier of updated popularity-contest package)
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:20:28 +0200
Source: popularity-contest
Binary: popularity-contest
Architecture: source all
Version: 1.26
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Popularity Contest Developers <popcon-developers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
Description:
popularity-contest - Vote for your favourite packages automatically
Closes: 264593 265360
Changes:
popularity-contest (1.26) unstable; urgency=low
.
* popcon.pl: Accomodate with kfreebsd-gnu new URL.
+ Add popcon release stats.
* popcon-stat.pl: Unclutter the graph.
+ Generate the popcon release graph.
* FAQ: Document how to not send popcon email by root. Closes: #264593
Thanks Martin Dickopp.
+ Document when popularity-contest run and recommends anacron.
Thanks Martin Rasp.
* debian/control: Suggests: anacron.
* Remove regexp to catch .pyc files since there are not in packages.
Closes: #265360. Thanks Martin v. Loewis.
Files:
170a0ceba54270a651605e806d9b71a1 654 misc optional popularity-contest_1.26.dsc
9d5663f45b6c94546a45afebc709bf8d 49404 misc optional popularity-contest_1.26.tar.gz
4991e02f43468f96a596ba5b51a1200c 44146 misc optional popularity-contest_1.26_all.deb
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