Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 07:48:15 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot <fbsd-q@bzerk.org> To: Brian Astill <bastill@adam.com.au> Cc: Ruben de Groot <fbsd-q@bzerk.org> Subject: Re: sendmail woes Message-ID: <20030410054815.GA52294@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <3E94A79B.5020205@adam.com.au> References: <1049333119.3e8b8d7f0c73b@webmail.adam.com.au> <1049432553.3e8d11e923925@webmail.adam.com.au> <20030404113740.T20523@gothmog> <1049529621.3e8e8d153e24f@webmail.adam.com.au> <20030405221114.GA2419@gothmog.gr> <1049637546.3e9032aae7488@webmail.adam.com.au> <20030406225854.GB9824@gothmog.gr> <3E942B3E.20309@adam.com.au> <20030409143657.GA61280@ei.bzerk.org> <3E94A79B.5020205@adam.com.au>
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On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 08:37:07AM +0930, Brian Astill typed: > Ruben de Groot wrote: > > >On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 11:46:30PM +0930, Brian Astill typed: > >[...] > > > >>bra@BAPhD /etc/mail #make stop ; make restart > >>Stopping:/etc/rc.sendmail: stop-mta: /var/run/sendmail.pid not found > >>/etc/rc.sendmail: stop-mspq: /var/spool/clientmqueue/sm-client.pid not > >>found > >>. > >>Restarting:/etc/rc.sendmail: restart-mta: /var/run/sendmail.pid not found > >>/etc/rc.sendmail: restart-mspq: /var/spool/clientmqueue/sm-client.pid > >>not found > >> > >>What does this tell us - other than that sendmail still isn't loading? > >> > > > >It tells us that sendmail wasn't running. You can neither stop nor restart > >something that wasn't started in the first place. Try make start. > > > Actually, I went one better than that - I rebooted! Sendmail still just > sat there and did not start. > It's a puzzle. It is. But IMO rebooting is not a very good troubleshooting technique. Are there any error messages when you issue the command "/bin/sh /etc/rc.sendmail start" ? Any clues in /var/log/maillog or /var/log/messages ? Ruben > > -- > Brian > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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