[JAMES-663] sendmail.py crashes on line "from_addr = os.environ['USER'] + '@' + socket.getfqdn()"

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.1
• Environment: Debian Linux, Python 2.3.5, "Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0-b64)"
• Assignee: Norman Maurer
• Reporter: Stephan Sann
• Created: 16/Oct/06 14:01
• Updated: 21/Nov/07 08:31
• Resolved: 15/Jan/07 08:15

Description

This line in sendmail.py:

from_addr = os.environ['USER'] + '@' + socket.getfqdn()

causes my mail-delivery to crash:

<--snip-->

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/sendmail", line 126, in ?
main(sys.argv)
File "/usr/sbin/sendmail", line 77, in main
from_addr = os.environ['USER'] + '@' + socket.getfqdn()
File "/usr/lib/python2.3/UserDict.py", line 19, in _getitem_
def _getitem_(self, key): return self.data[key]
KeyError: 'USER'

</--snip-->

I think it's an permission-thing, but didn't went any further.

I just changed it to

from_addr = "postmaster@localhost"

(since the sender is pased by "-f") and now it works.