Sendmail Alias in PHP-scripts

jeex

Hello,

I want to make a PHP-script to make, edit and delete mail-aliasses.

My server is Linux with Sendmail and Ensim. Within Ensim I can off course do these things, but I want a regular PHP-script to do this.

For your info, I'm good at PHP/MySQL, but know nothing about Linux and stuff.

Thanks and best regards,

Jeex

MarkR

In order to do this, you will need root access. If you don't have root access on the server (I mean the REAL server, not any dodgy chroot'd virtual server stuff), you can pretty much forget it.

Unless you'd like to make some PHP which scripts ensim control panel. But you really don't want to do this - trust me 🙂

Mark

jeex

Thanks MarkR

I do have root access. It's my own server. What is the option then?

regards,

Jeex

MarkR

It really depends how the MTA is configured, and what MTA it is.

Most MTAs have a aliases file and/or database of some sort. If you can get PHP to have access to that, great.

But if you've got Ensim control panel or something on, it fucks your system up so badly, the chances are you've got absolutely no idea how anything works.

If you can't write the aliases file directly with PHP (which may be difficult due to permissions), maybe you can write another file, and have a cron job or something running as root which picks up PHP's aliases and integrates them into the normal aliases file etc.

Cheers

Mark

jeex

My MTA is Sendmail.

A cronjob is the other alternative. Just catch all mail and distribute it with a php-script run by a cron-job to the real mailaddresses. All the aliasses and addresses can be stored in a database. This is however not the ideal solution.

As I said, I'm not familiair with Linux. But as I understand it well, the aliasses are all saved in a simple file (asci or binary). If my php-script can access that file, it should do the trick.

Correct?

gr jeex