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 22, Mail Services (Tasks).
The following table provides descriptions of new and revised arguments for the PrivacyOptions option.
Table 24–8 New and Revised Arguments for PrivacyOptions
Argument |
Description |
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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. |