Nope - didn't work.
Here's the result:
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pipe to | /bin/sh -c /bin/cat >> /var/mail/test1234
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------ pipe to | /bin/sh -c /bin/cat >> /var/mail/test1234
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Tamas TEVESZ wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Marc Perkel wrote:
>
> > I found the use_shell command in the manual but it doesn't seem to work.
> > It doesn'r seem it recognize the command.
> >
> > I'm trying to run | /bin/cat >> /var/mail/test in an /etc/alias file
>
> |/bin/sh -c /bin/cat >>/var/mail/test
