File vixie-cron-4.1-sendasuser.diff of Package cron

Index: config.h
===================================================================
--- config.h.orig
+++ config.h
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@
 			 * generate the Date: header.
 			 */
 
+#define MAIL_FROMUSER			/*-*/
+			/* use this if you want all cron-job e-mail to come
+			 * from the executing user rather than from "root".
+			 */
+
 			/* if you want to use syslog(3) instead of appending
 			 * to CRONDIR/LOG_FILE (/var/cron/log, e.g.), define
 			 * SYSLOG here.  Note that quite a bit of logging
Index: do_command.c
===================================================================
--- do_command.c.orig
+++ do_command.c
@@ -479,7 +479,11 @@ child_process(entry *e, user *u) {
 					perror(mailcmd);
 					(void) _exit(ERROR_EXIT);
 				}
+#ifdef MAIL_FROMUSER
+				fprintf(mail, "From: %s\n", usernm);
+#else
 				fprintf(mail, "From: root (Cron Daemon)\n");
+#endif
 				fprintf(mail, "To: %s\n", mailto);
 				fprintf(mail, "Subject: Cron <%s@%s> %s\n",
 					usernm, first_word(hostname, "."),