Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 10:42:08 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: "Jonathan T. Sage" <sagejona@theatre.msu.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Periodic Scripts - Configuration problem? Message-ID: <3FCCC0E0.2050205@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <3FCCBF93.5000503@theatre.msu.edu> References: <3FCCBF93.5000503@theatre.msu.edu>
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Jonathan T. Sage wrote: > Jack.W.Parks@alltel.com wrote: > >> I recently change the hostname of my FreeBSD host to remove a hyphen >> from the name (i.e. skrap-node to skrapnode) Since then, all of the >> periodic output scripts send their mail output to >> root@skrap-node.skrap.net instead of root@skrapnode.skrap.net. Only the >> mail delivery failures make it to my inbox. Mail works fine for all >> users, this just affects the periodic scripts. >> >> I have tried grep'ing for the incorrect hostname in the >> /etc/periodic/blah... But haven't found anything. > > the easiest thing to check right now is the output of "hostname". > also, i *think* that the periodic scripts send mail to root (i.e., > they don't add the domain), so perhaps sendmail is adding this? > try: > # sendmail -bv root > > if that is the case, check /etc/mail/sendmail.cf for the hardcoded > hostname, or give sendmail a bit of -HUP (make restart in /etc/mail) Also, check /etc/mail/aliases, and /etc/hosts Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Systems Administrator Centaur Technology All generalizations are false, including this one. ------------------------------------------------------------------
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