Return Address Name

[JohnFLi]

I changed /etc/postfix/main.cf to reflect the @mydomain.com part of the from address. nice and easy

But how to I change the actual NAME of the email address??

currently the return address is [email protected] but I want it to be [email protected]

Any ideas?

(I am using sendmail)

[abrist]

You could check the admin_email:

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grep "admin_" /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg

Though I think you are seeing the linux user "nagios" as that is what user sent the email. You should be able to change the sender/return/from address in postfix.
Take a look at the following link, especially the mapping section:
http://semi-legitimate.com/blog/item/ho ... in-postfix

EDIT: If you were using the smtp php mailer in XI (requires that every contact be connected to a user), you could just set the sender in the UI (Admin --> Manage email settings)

[JohnFLi]

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Take a look at the following link, especially the mapping section:
http://semi-legitimate.com/blog/item/ho ... in-postfix

Didn't work...... When I change teh email settings to use sendmail, it still sends as [email protected], even though the address I have set there is different.

[jdalrymple]

Admin --> Manage E-mail settings

Worked for me ... using SMTP though.

I'll test with Sendmail.

--EDIT--

Sendmail worked too.

[JohnFLi]

good for you, happy to hear that.

But in all honesty, that doesn't help me.

When clicking on the 'test email', it does have the proper return address. The issue is when notifications are sent.

[tgriep]

Can you post how your contact is defined in NagiosXI?
Go to the "Core Config Manager" > "Contacts" Click in the Floppy Icon for one of your contacts and post the config here.
Also, it is unclear on whether you are using postfix or sendmail as your email server, which one are you using?

[jdalrymple]

Sorry about that, I used the same test method and achieved the same results, it worked. Like you though when the notification process ran it didn't work as we hope/expect.

The solution is easy enough though.

Configure --> CCM --> Commands --> notify-host-by-email, add the "-r" flag:

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/usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios Monitor XI Alert *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\nHost: $HOSTNAME$\nState: $HOSTSTATE$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nInfo: $HOSTOUTPUT$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n" | /bin/mail -r [email protected] -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ Host Alert: $HOSTNAME$ is $HOSTSTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$

Do the same for notify-service-by-email

Let us know if that doesn't solve it for you.

[JohnFLi]

Outstanding, that worked!!!


I had seen the -r item before, but the places I've seen that had it at the end, not only did that not work, it actually made the address a CC of the email...


Thank you for your help.

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