Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 21:40:32 +0100 From: Daniel Bye <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: very slow boot (newbie) Message-ID: <20060513204032.GA51338@catflap.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <44662536.4080700@waywood.co.uk> References: <44639855.90102@waywood.co.uk> <4463C5E4.50109@daleco.biz> <4463D2EC.1020100@waywood.co.uk> <20060512125648.GG5531@catflap.slightlystrange.org> <4464A7E5.7060000@waywood.co.uk> <20060512175626.GD34035@catflap.slightlystrange.org> <44662536.4080700@waywood.co.uk>
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--sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 07:28:06PM +0100, Barnaby Scott wrote: > It turns out it was sendmail causing the delay, so now my /etc/rc.comf=20 > reads: >=20 > sendmail_enable=3D"NONE" This is fine, but according to rc.sendmail(8) `NONE' is deprecated and will be removed in a future release (but, to be honest, it's been going to be removed in a future release for quite some time now... ;-). It's more typing, but the preferred way to disable sendmail these days is this: sendmail_enable=3D"NO" sendmail_submit_enable=3D"NO" sendmail_outbound_enable=3D"NO" sendmail_msp_queue_enable=3D"NO" This prevents any of the various sendmail daemons from starting. > ...it does not cure the problem for me if I decide that I do want=20 > sendmail! I could cross that bridge when I come to it, but I would=20 > prefer to gain some insight here if anyone can bear any more on this topi= c. I would suggest you look at ssmtp in the ports. It is a very simple mail forwarding daemon, that you configure with the IP address of another, full MTA to which ssmtp will send all your outgoing messages. Your ISP probably runs a suitable server for their customers' use. It means you won't have to worry about your IP address and DNS resolution and all the other things that go with running a full MTA, like sendmail, exim or postfix.=20 >=20 > Adding > 127.0.0.1 frankbruno > to /etc/hosts did not cure the problem. Could that be because the lookup= =20 > that causes the delay is a reverse one? If so, it would be trying to=20 > find a name for 192.168.0.4 (I think that's the one I have been getting= =20 > recently) which is still not in hosts. No, it wouldn't help at all - you should return that entry to localhost. > I would rather not mess with the IP allocation if possible - having it=20 > automatic is much more useful and means I cannot create condradictory=20 > records in different places. Fair enough. KDK's suggestion of using a wrapper script will certainly get you round this if you decide you need/want to use a more full- featured MTA. Dan --=20 Daniel Bye PGP Key: http://www.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey-dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: D349 B109 0EB8 2554 4D75 B79A 8B17 F97C 1622 166A _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ --sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEZkRAixf5fBYiFmoRAmcfAJ9k5TtBgedgZ+F9o+uU+L+gzobtVQCfSoiF 6xIRpq0LSslRg4zxDSULjH8= =IV5C -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu--
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