Changes to the PrivacyOptions Option (System Administration Guide: Resource Management and Network Services)

System Administration Guide: Resource Management and Network Services

Changes to the `PrivacyOptions` Option

New and revised arguments for PrivacyOptions (popt) are described in the following table. You can declare this option from the command line without sendmail relinquishing its root privilege. To declare this sendmail option, use one of the following syntaxes.

O PrivacyOptions=argument                # for the configuration file
-OPrivacyOptions=argument                # for the command line
define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS',`argument')   # for m4 configuration

If you need to build a new sendmail.cf file, refer to "Building the sendmail.cf Configuration File (Task)", in Chapter 25, Mail Services (Tasks).

The following table provides descriptions of new and revised arguments for the PrivacyOptions option.

Table 27-8 New and Revised Arguments for PrivacyOptions


Argument	Description
`goaway`	This argument no longer accepts the following flags: `noetrn`, `restrictmailq`, `restrictqrun`, `restrictexpand`, `nobodyreturn`, and `noreceipts`.
`nobodyreturn`	This argument instructs `sendmail` not to include the body of the original message in delivery status notifications.
`noreceipts`	When this argument is set, delivery status notification (DSN) is not announced.
`restrictexpand`	This argument instructs `sendmail` to drop privileges when the `-bv` option is given by users who are neither `root` nor `TrustedUser`. The users cannot read private aliases, `.forward` files, or `:include:` files. This argument also overrides the `-v` command-line option.