From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 18 16:57:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA14708 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 16:57:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from alpha.dickinson.edu (alpha.dickinson.edu [192.102.232.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA14703 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 16:57:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost by alpha.dickinson.edu; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/09May95-0313PM) id AA11941; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 19:57:21 -0400 Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 19:57:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Anton Zykov To: Doug White Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP! mail.local died In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Doug White wrote: > On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Anton Zykov wrote: > > Apr 18 13:33:57 domain /kernel: pid 404 (mail.local), uid 0: exited on > > signal 11 > > Apr 18 13:33:57 domain sendmail[403]: NAA00402: SYSERR(root) mailer local > > died with signal 11 > > > > Is there any way to fix it without reinstalling the whole system? > > Does /var/log/maillog report anything unusual? > > If you have the Live Filesystem CD for your version you could swipe the > mail.local executable from there. maillog file says: Apr 18 19:47:29 domain sendmail[846]: TAA00846: from=<...> ... Apr 18 19:47:30 domain sendmail[847]: TAA00846: SYSERR(root) mailer local died with signal 13 Apr 18 19:47:30 domain sendmail[847]: TAA00846: to admin, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, stat=Deferred My system was up for quite a long time and that it started suddenly. I have reinstalled FreeBSD-2.2.1. I worked OK for 10 minutes and then the same errors started again.