From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 11 02:47:38 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF73B106566C for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:47:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C54E8FC08 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:47:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ncsd.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.59] helo=ncs.bris.ac.uk) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NpYQy-0004UN-Hg; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:47:36 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncs.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1NpYQy-0002pk-A4; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:47:36 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o2B2laQh068057; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:47:36 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.3/Submit) id o2B2lZMd068056; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:47:35 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:47:35 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: "Sam Fourman Jr." Message-ID: <20100311024735.GS30257@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20100311022344.GP30257@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <11167f521003101834u15c8468bq3606b05b1788d967@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <11167f521003101834u15c8468bq3606b05b1788d967@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't ping localhost X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:47:38 -0000 On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 08:34:08PM -0600, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > I misconfigured my system somehow, > > so now I can't ping localhost: > > > > # ping localhost > > PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes > > ping: sendto: No route to host > > ping: sendto: No route to host > > ^C > > what is the output of uname -a ? # uname -a FreeBSD mech-anton240.men.bris.ac.uk 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #2: Tue Mar 9 14:35:40 GMT 2010 mexas@mech-anton240.men.bris.ac.uk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/QOF sparc64 > I believe -current has a issue where you can not ping localhost atm > all my machines are current, but some are more current than others.. Well, the ping issue is just an example. My real problem is that sendmail can't send anything locally: # tail /var/log/maillog Mar 11 02:16:58 mech-anton240 sm-msp-queue[32611]: o2B0irgd029426: to=mexas, ctladdr=mexas (1001/1001), delay=01:32:05, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=480031, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: [127.0.0.1]: No route to host Mar 11 02:16:58 mech-anton240 sm-msp-queue[32611]: o2B0hbGe029358: to=mexas, ctladdr=mexas (1001/1001), delay=01:33:21, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=570028, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: [127.0.0.1]: No route to host Mar 11 02:16:58 mech-anton240 sm-msp-queue[32611]: o2A87g4K005078: to=root, delay=18:09:16, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=3721559, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: [127.0.0.1]: No route to host Mar 11 02:16:58 mech-anton240 sm-msp-queue[32611]: o2A87g4L005078: to=root, delay=18:09:16, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=3725184, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: [127.0.0.1]: No route to host Mar 11 02:16:58 mech-anton240 sm-msp-queue[32611]: o2A77d4L004977: to=root, delay=19:09:19, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=3903061, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: [127.0.0.1]: No route to host Mar 11 02:16:58 mech-anton240 sm-msp-queue[32611]: o2A77d4K004977: to=root, delay=19:09:19, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=3903122, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: [127.0.0.1]: No route to host Mar 11 02:16:58 mech-anton240 sm-msp-queue[32611]: o2A3bvPl004242: to=root, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=22:39:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=4530195, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: [127.0.0.1]: No route to host Mar 11 02:16:58 mech-anton240 sm-msp-queue[32611]: o2A3c9wG004609: to=root, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=22:38:49, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=4533820, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: [127.0.0.1]: No route to host Mar 11 02:16:58 mech-anton240 sm-msp-queue[32611]: o2A340iF002543: to=root, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=23:12:58, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=4711758, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: [127.0.0.1]: No route to host Mar 11 02:16:58 mech-anton240 sm-msp-queue[32611]: o2A33vXB002495: to=root, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=23:13:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=4801697, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: [127.0.0.1]: No route to host # many thanks anton > > Sam Fourman Jr. > Fourman Networks -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423