From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 6 0:24:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cask.force9.net (cask.force9.net [195.166.128.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1FF5514CEC for ; Sun, 6 Jun 1999 00:24:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from banta@ghulam.force9.co.uk) Received: (qmail 23887 invoked from network); 6 Jun 1999 07:24:15 -0000 Received: from relay3.force9.net (HELO relay2.force9.net) (195.166.128.25) by cask.force9.net with SMTP; 6 Jun 1999 07:24:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 24358 invoked from network); 6 Jun 1999 07:18:08 -0000 Received: from 369.hiper02.shef.dialup.force9.net (HELO signup) (195.166.145.113) by relay3.force9.net with SMTP; 6 Jun 1999 07:18:08 -0000 From: "Ghulam Dastgir" To: "Ruslan Ermilov" Cc: Subject: Re: Sendmail problems (using Force9 ISP) Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 09:16:24 -0700 Message-ID: <01beb037$ec209240$LocalHost@signup> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, the thing is that I don't run sendmail again when my ppp link is up. So why is this happening?? In fact I still get these errors if I'm not running sendmail at all!?! Ghulam -----Original Message----- From: Ruslan Ermilov To: Ghulam Dastgir Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 12:11 PM Subject: Re: Sendmail problems (using Force9 ISP) >On Tue, May 25, 1999 at 08:37:32PM -0700, Ghulam Dastgir wrote: >> Hello, >> >> after months of agony, pain, misery..... I just got my User PPP working. :-) >> I'm using FBSD 2.2.6. >> But my email isn't working. In fact when the PPP link comes up I get a load >> of errors from sendmail along the lines of: >> >> sendmail[450]: problem creating SMTP port >> sendmail[450]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): opendaemonsocket: cannot bind: Address already in use >> sendmail[450]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): opendaemonsocket: server SMTP socket wedged: exiting >> >> Now I get hundreds of these messgaes flooding my xterms.... >> >Symptoms are like you're trying to run ``sendmail -bd'' twice. Don't do it. >By default (see /etc/rc.conf), sendmail it started at the system startup. >You don't need to start again after the PPP link is up. > >> Also when I try to download mail from my ISP's incoming mail server >> (mail.force9.net) using the sendmail ETRN command "ETRN ", I get: >> >> 502 unimplemented(#5.5.1) >> >WYSIWYG. This command is not implemented in Sendmail. > >> And end up not being able to download any email. >> >> Any ideas?? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Ghulam >> >> PS how do I run PPP as a non-root user?? >> >man 8 ppp, find the ``allow user[s]'' command. > > >Cheers, >-- >Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the >ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank >+380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine > >http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve >http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message