[Resolved] Can't send mail

[ffeingol]

Hello,

We have a client that recently switched from cPanel/Apache (EasyApache 3) to LSWS. Their server runs as mod_dso for PHP. Every thing works fine except phplist. When they try to send mail they get the following message in stderr.log:

[STDERR] sendmail: sendmail cannot be called directly from a shell with the current user id

We've checked the cPanel settings and the tweak to not allow 'nobody' to send mail is not enabled. The scripts run fine under Apache.

Any thoughts will be greatly appreciated.

 

[NiteWave]

Their server runs as mod_dso for PHP

to confirm, does it mean all php processes run as nobody under apache ?

 

[ffeingol]

Correct. Under Apache they would run as nobody. It's a very old config, but that is how their server is setup.

 

[NiteWave]

to match apche config mod_dso, in lsws web admin console, should set "PHP suEXEC" to "No"
Server -> General -> PHP suEXEC

then all lsphp should run as nobody.

 

[ffeingol]

It's already set that way. PHP is running as nobody. The only function (so far) that's not working is sending mail via phplist.

 

[NiteWave]

searched out this post:
https://forums.cpanel.net/threads/sendmail-doesnt-allow-nobody-unexpected-setting.531411/
how about turn off “Track email origin via X-Source email headers” ?

For cPanel & WHM version 60
Home >> Server Configuration >> Tweak Settings
https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/ALD/Tweak+Settings+-+Mail

 

[ffeingol]

Awesome find with the "Track email origin via X-Source email headers" settings. I searched the cPanel forum for the error, but that post did not come up for me.