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Date:      Wed, 5 Mar 2003 10:03:35 -0500
From:      "Scott Renna" <srenna@d-a-s.com>
To:        <stacey@vickiandstacey.com>, "=?iso-8859-1?Q?'Joachim_Str=F6mbergson'?=" <watchman@ludd.luth.se>
Cc:        "'stable'" <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: sendmail_enable="NO" ignored in 4.7+?
Message-ID:  <000501c2e328$691eac10$1802a8c0@das.com>
In-Reply-To: <1046761873.20729.223.camel@localhost>

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Hello all,

I had a question in regards to this post about sendmail.  I noticed the
same problem on my system:

> Due to my less than perfect memory I can't pinpoint exactly when, but=20
> after upgrading my 4.x-system it seems like the sendmail_enable=3D"NO" =

> in /etc/rc.conf is being ignored and sendmail gets started anyway.

Is there any reason why even if you put "NO" sendmail still starts up?
It seems kind of weird that it would start.

Scott Renna


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
[mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Stacey Roberts
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 2:11 AM
To: Joachim Str=F6mbergson
Cc: stable
Subject: Re: sendmail_enable=3D"NO" ignored in 4.7+?


Hello,
   =20
On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 07:06, Joachim Str=F6mbergson wrote:
> Aloha!
>=20
> Due to my less than perfect memory I can't pinpoint exactly when, but=20
> after upgrading my 4.x-system it seems like the sendmail_enable=3D"NO" =

> in /etc/rc.conf is being ignored and sendmail gets started anyway.
>=20
> AFAIK, this happened after upgrading from 4.6 to 4.7. I'm currently at

> 4.8-RC and the same behaviour is present.
>=20
> Checking processes after boot I see:
>=20
> root     106  0,0  0,3  3196 1788  ??  Ss   11:04pm   0:00,97
sendmail:
> accepting connections (sendmail)
> smmsp    109  0,0  0,3  3076 1404  ??  Is   11:04pm   0:00,01
sendmail:
> Queue runner@00:30:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue (sendmail)
>=20
> What have I missed? Why is the setting in rc.conf being ignored.=20
> Where/what is starting sendmail?

To completely disable sendmail on startup, use:

sendmail_enable=3D"NONE"

Regards,

Stacey

>=20
> Any pointers and help greatly appreciated.
--=20
Stacey Roberts
B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science

Web: www.vickiandstacey.com



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