[hobbit] How do I change the "mail from" for email alerts?

Harold J. Ballinger wrote:

Hostname command returns "hhcgvl-moni03" as I would expect.

I am running Debian 2.4.27 - this is a machine that started out from the hobbit virtual appliance that was widely available for download.

OK sounds like you're running lenny - you definitely have access to a mail client that will support the -r command. Just run "apt-get install heirloom-mailx" as root, and you should be good to go.

As for the MTA side of things, I can't advise in any great detail on exim, other than to say that the one time I tried to get exim working, I struggled briefly with it, then threw in the towel, installed postfix and moved on.

Joe