From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 1 21:54:28 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9190E16A4CE for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 21:54:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from grog.secure-computing.net (grog.secure-computing.net [63.228.14.241]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E58B043D1D for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 21:54:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) Received: from [192.168.1.101] (c-66-41-157-209.mn.client2.attbi.com [66.41.157.209]) (authenticated bits=0)j11LrJ8i024596; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 15:53:19 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Apple-Mail-1-138637943" Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Eric F Crist Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 15:54:16 -0600 To: "Dixit, Viraj" X-Pgp-Agent: GPGMail 1.0.2 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no version=2.64 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on grog.secure-computing.net cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Host Name Lookup Error X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 21:54:28 -0000 --Apple-Mail-1-138637943 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Feb 1, 2005, at 3:45 PM, Dixit, Viraj wrote: > Folks, > > Just installed FreeBSD 5.3, all seems to be working except the error > from sendmail. I can ping the mail server in the domain that I am > trying to send the mail. But the mail gets send to my " > /var/spool/mqueue" directory. The error is "host name lookup failure". > I want to put this system on line as production system soon. On last > thing "syslogd" does not put out any logs under "var/logs". Any ideas, > I have been looking in FreeBSD archives. > > VJ > Viraj Dixit > 650-329-2118 IIRC, sendmail requires that the system `hostname' be a FQDN. Also, logs are kept under /var/log and not, /var/logs. HTH _______________________________________________________ Eric F Crist "I am so smart, S.M.R.T!" Secure Computing Networks -Homer J Simpson --Apple-Mail-1-138637943 content-type: application/pgp-signature; x-mac-type=70674453; name=PGP.sig content-description: This is a digitally signed message part content-disposition: inline; filename=PGP.sig content-transfer-encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkH/+okACgkQRAAY9knOW+rz4wCfd+JjSn4FTXxY5kxy7HSGEUK4 CXwAn2mgvzQn3X+XUBAEnhNvNcC+zjbd =HNyR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail-1-138637943--