The option for 'rewriteDomain' is not set from debconf.

[PaulSchulz]

The command 'dpkg-reconfigure --priority=low ssmtp' does not set the 'rewriteDomain' option in /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf.

When installed, this option is commented out in the /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf file.

This file is created by the 'postinst' script, and the '#' is inserted, depending on whether '/etc/mailname' has been set ot not.

.. but.. the debconf 'config' script requires that the 'rewriteDomain' line be uncommented in order for the value to be set.

[PaulSchulz (paulschulz)]

The command 'dpkg-reconfigure --priority=low ssmtp' does not set the 'rewriteDomain' option in /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf.

When installed, this option is commented out in the /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf file.

This file is created by the 'postinst' script, and the '#' is inserted, depending on whether '/etc/mailname' has been set ot not.

.. but.. the debconf 'config' script requires that the 'rewriteDomain' line be uncommented in order for the value to be set.

[PaulSchulz (paulschulz)]

A Clarification: its the 'postinst' script which won't set any of the the parameters if they are commented out.

The following patch removes the code from the 'postinst' script which comments the parameter lines if they are empty.

[PaulSchulz (paulschulz)]

The following patch sets the "FromLineOverride" parameter to the default value set in 'debian/templates'.

[Rob Epping (r-epping)]

Hi,

Here is a patch to resolve this bug.

--- ssmtp.postinst.orig 2007-03-08 06:24:50.000000000 +0000
+++ ssmtp.postinst 2009-02-02 15:34:43.000000000 +0000
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
        test -z "$FromOverride" && FromOverride=NO
        touch /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf.tmp
        chmod 644 /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf.tmp
- sed
"s/^root=.*/root=$root/;s/^mailhub=.*/mailhub=$mailhub/;s/^rewriteDomain
=.*/rewriteDomain=$rewritedomain/;s/^hostname=.*/hostname=$hostname/;s/^
FromLineOverride=.*/FromLineOverride=$FromOverride/;s/^#FromLineOverride
=.*/FromLineOverride=$FromOverride/" /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf >
/etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf.tmp
+ sed
"s/^root=.*/root=$root/;s/^mailhub=.*/mailhub=$mailhub/;s/^rewriteDomain
=.*/rewriteDomain=$rewritedomain/;s/^#rewriteDomain=.*/rewriteDomain=$re
writedomain/;s/^hostname=.*/hostname=$hostname/;s/^FromLineOverride=.*/F
romLineOverride=$FromOverride/;s/^#FromLineOverride=.*/FromLineOverride=
$FromOverride/" /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf > /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf.tmp
        mv -f /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf.tmp /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
 else
        touch /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf

Sorry for the very long lines.

GRTNX,
RobJE
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[Laurent Bigonville (bigon)]

Hi,

Any advancement on this bug? I've installed ssmtp and then rerun
dpkg-reconfigure to configure it and the value was not set
correctly, this bug is quite old.

Kind regards

Laurent Bigonville