F=o
Always run delivery agent as recipient V8.7 and later
Under certain circumstances, before
sendmail delivers to a file
or through programs, it can assume the identity
(user-id and
group-id) of the controlling
user (see Delivery to Files on
page 466 for a description of this process).
Beginning with V8.7, the F=o
delivery agent flag changes this
behavior. Specifying the F=o
delivery agent flag causes
sendmail to assume the
identity of the recipient. Omitting the F=o
delivery agent flag
causes sendmail to assume the
identity of the controlling user where appropriate.
(See also the F=S
flag [F=S on page 780]
as a way to have sendmail
assume specified user-id and
group-id identities.)
In V5 and earlier configuration files (The V Configuration Command on page
580), this delivery agent flag is automatically set
for the prog
and
*file*
delivery
agents. Note that the U=
delivery agent equate (U= on page 755), when specified,
always overrides the controlling user.
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