Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:56:47 +0100 From: Simon Morgan <sjmorgan@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: sendmail stalling during boot Message-ID: <de63970c05081808561a25cf9c@mail.gmail.com>
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When my system boots it freezes for an extremely long time at a certain point in the boot process. Hitting CTRL-C at this point I'm informed that the loading of sendmail has been cancelled which obviously indicates that it's what is responsible. Looking into the issue I've seen a number of people experiencing the same problem and being told to fix their DNS setup. The machine that sendmail is running on has an internet routable IP that resolves to a hostname: > host 82.71.120.75 75.120.71.82.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer 82-71-120-75.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk. but the hostname I have set is "fake" and resolves to nothing: > hostname naboo.localdomain > host naboo.localdomain Host naboo.localdomain not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) However, it does so almost instantly and so I fail to see what is causing sendmail to hang. Can anybody help? I would appreciate a CC on any replies as I'm not subscribed to the list. Thanks.
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