Hobbit alerts - Changing the sender's name
list Aaron Kincaid
Gentlemen, Is there a way to change the way the alerts are sent out from hobbit? I have a couple hobbit servers and I plan to add more in the future so I want my emails to come from a customized name instead of "hobbit". Where do I go to change the sender's name? Aaron Kincaid
list Ralph Mitchell
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On Nov 15, 2007 11:20 AM, Aaron Kincaid <user-7f6756a6c8ac@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Gentlemen, Is there a way to change the way the alerts are sent out from hobbit? I have a couple hobbit servers and I plan to add more in the future so I want my emails to come from a customized name instead of "hobbit". Where do I go to change the sender's name?
How are you sending the alerts?? If it's via email on a Unix/Linux box, the mail system is probably picking up the user name from the GECOS field in /etc/passwd. Ralph Mitchell
list Josh Luthman
Are you looking to change the sender's email address or the hostname in the content of the message? Josh
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On 11/15/07, Ralph Mitchell <user-00a5e44c48c0@xymon.invalid> wrote:On Nov 15, 2007 11:20 AM, Aaron Kincaid <user-7f6756a6c8ac@xymon.invalid> wrote:Gentlemen, Is there a way to change the way the alerts are sent out from hobbit? I have a couple hobbit servers and I plan to add more in the future so I want my emails to come from a customized name instead of "hobbit". Where do I go to change the sender's name?How are you sending the alerts?? If it's via email on a Unix/Linux box, the mail system is probably picking up the user name from the GECOS field in /etc/passwd. Ralph Mitchell
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list Aaron Kincaid
I am a newbie at Linux to say the least. I took a box, loaded Fedora Core 7, and followed the instructions to create a Hobbit box, so I have no idea how it sends out. It uses sendmail, I guess. All I know is that it works BETTER than Big Brother. Anyway, when an alert email shows up, the senders name is "hobbit" and the boss man wants it to be specific to location so it would say "Location1 Hobbit" instead. The details show it comes from hobbit <user-91cba7ca1144@xymon.invalid> I did check the /etc/passwd file but I don't want to mess something up. I don't know the ramifications of changing things around in there. Aaron
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From: Aaron Kincaid
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:20 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Hobbit alerts - Changing the sender's name
Gentlemen,
Is there a way to change the way the alerts are sent out from hobbit? I
have a couple hobbit servers and I plan to add more in the future so I
want my emails to come from a customized name instead of "hobbit".
Where do I go to change the sender's name?
Aaron Kincaid
list Aaron Kincaid
Never mind, guys. I figured it out. If you go to the users and groups and change the Full Name to whatever you want it accomplished what I desired. There are username and Full Name fields. The Full Name field is who the emails come from. Of course this is in Fedora Core, which is gui linux for newbies.
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From: Aaron Kincaid
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 8:26 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: Hobbit alerts - Changing the sender's name
I am a newbie at Linux to say the least. I took a box, loaded Fedora
Core 7, and followed the instructions to create a Hobbit box, so I have
no idea how it sends out. It uses sendmail, I guess. All I know is
that it works BETTER than Big Brother. Anyway, when an alert email
shows up, the senders name is "hobbit" and the boss man wants it to be
specific to location so it would say "Location1 Hobbit" instead. The
details show it comes from hobbit <user-91cba7ca1144@xymon.invalid> I did check the
/etc/passwd file but I don't want to mess something up. I don't know
the ramifications of changing things around in there.
Aaron
From: Aaron Kincaid
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:20 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Hobbit alerts - Changing the sender's name
Gentlemen,
Is there a way to change the way the alerts are sent out from hobbit? I
have a couple hobbit servers and I plan to add more in the future so I
want my emails to come from a customized name instead of "hobbit".
Where do I go to change the sender's name?
Aaron Kincaid
list Ralph Mitchell
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On Nov 16, 2007 10:00 AM, Aaron Kincaid <user-7f6756a6c8ac@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Never mind, guys. I figured it out. If you go to the users and groups and change the Full Name to whatever you want it accomplished what I desired. There are username and Full Name fields. The Full Name field is who the emails come from. Of course this is in Fedora Core, which is gui linux for newbies.
That's almost certainly changing the GECOS field in /etc/passwd, then. Ralph Mitchell