unable to use sendmail command as user

[Jade Bulante]

I modified the .profile and .dtprofile to have path for sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail but unable to execute. I get error sh sendmail not found. How do I fix this?

[Sanjay_6 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Have you tried using the absolute path to sendmail. if /usr/sbin/sendmail works then check your path once again.

Hope this helps.

regds

[Jade Bulante]

Absolute path works but I want user to just issue sendmail command.

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

then check the path syntax. You might be making a mistake. Are you exporting the PATH variable after adding /usr/sbin to it.

Hope this helps.

regds

[Jade Bulante]

Yes, part of the .profile is to export the path. Could it be that you need to be a super user to send mail?

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

You don't need to be root to use sendmail. If you are able to use sendmail from the command line using the absolute path for sendmail, then you should be able to use sendmail without the absolute path if the search path "/usr/sbin" is added into your .profile.

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin

hope this helps.

Regds

[Jade Bulante]

Thanks. It works.