SENDMAIL Ages to start !!!!!

SENDMAIL Ages to start !!!!!

[Miguel Maria Godinho de Matos]

I am having some prblems with sendmail since the second time i booted linux.

I have linux for about 2 months now and i just now understood that my send 
mail deamon takes too long to start.

this is the log message that appeard when i upgraded linux red hat 7.1 to 7.2 
for the first time:

( firstboot after installing )

Nov 18 09:48:04 localhost sendmail[1031]: alias database /etc/aliases rebuilt 
by root
Nov 18 09:48:04 localhost sendmail[1031]: /etc/aliases: 42 aliases, longest 
10 bytes, 432 bytes total
Nov 18 09:48:04 localhost sendmail[1043]: starting daemon (8.11.6): 
SMTP+queueing@01:00:00
Nov 18 09:53:11 localhost sendmail[1675]: fAI9rAX01675: from=root, size=186, 
class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200111180953.fAI9rAX01675@localhost.localdomain>, 
relay=root@localhost
Nov 18 09:53:11 localhost sendmail[1679]: fAI9rAX01675: to=root, ctladdr=root 
(0/0), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=30186, dsn=2.0.0, 
stat=Sent
Nov 18 10:06:18 localhost sendmail[22560]: fAIA6H722560: from=root, size=241, 
class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200111181006.fAIA6H722560@localhost.localdomain>, 
relay=root@localhost
Nov 18 10:06:18 localhost sendmail[22560]: fAIA6H722560: to=root, 
ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=loc

no problems this time, send mail started smoothly and quickly!!!!!!!!

Well, the first thing i did when i loged in was to configure my hostname and 
network devices.

So i changed my hostname to: AstinusGod, i added this host and it's network 
ip to the hostname table and so on!!!

since then look:

send mail takes ages to start and it keeps these kinda error messages in the 
log  files:

Dec  2 00:56:04 AstinusGod sendmail[9808]: My unqualified host name 
(AstinusGod) unknown; sleeping for retry
Dec  2 00:57:12 AstinusGod sendmail[9808]: unable to qualify my own domain 
name (AstinusGod) -- using short name
Dec  2 00:57:12 AstinusGod sendmail[9808]: fB20vCX09808: from=root, size=230, 
class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200112020057.fB20vCX09808@AstinusGod>, 
relay=root@localhost
Dec  2 00:57:12 AstinusGod sendmail[9808]: fB20vCX09808: to=root, 
ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=30230, 
dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent

I don't know what to do.... to solve this problem....

i figure that if i change my hostname to localhost again, and if i remove the 
ip entries i entered... it may be solved.. but i don't want that, just want 
sendmail to recognize them!!!!!

plz somebody help!!

regards, Astinus

Re: SENDMAIL Ages to start !!!!!

[Adam Schrotenboer]

On Saturday 01 December 2001 20:29, Miguel Maria Godinho de Matos wrote:
> I am having some prblems with sendmail since the second time i booted
> linux.
>
> I have linux for about 2 months now and i just now understood that my send
> mail deamon takes too long to start.
>
> this is the log message that appeard when i upgraded linux red hat 7.1 to
> 7.2 for the first time:
Beware of scripts that claim to fix the /etc/hosts file. (Mandrake 8.1 cups 
script[confirmed], among other possibilites. one ugly sol'n is to make 
/etc/hosts immutable [chattr +i /etc/hosts]. Risky, and needs to be root to 
do it. But immutable stops even root from modifying the file. Of course, do 
this after fixing it. Also, try fixing it so it is a real domain name. like 
astinusgod.pt [or whatever u hope to have as your domain name someday])

I used to have this problem too w/ Mandrake.

HTH

-- 
tabris

   A man alone is easy prey

                                              Clint Eastwood - Pale Rider

Re: SENDMAIL Ages to start !!!!!

[Jon]

Reverse IP lookup no doubt, RH 6.2 had a real problem with that, holding the
system for a minute or more at boot time.


Regards,

Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Miguel Maria Godinho de Matos" <Astinus@netcabo.pt>
To: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 3:43 AM
Subject: Fwd: SENDMAIL Ages to start !!!!!


>
>
> ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
>
> Subject: SENDMAIL Ages to start !!!!!
> Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 01:29:13 +0000
> From: Miguel Maria Godinho de Matos <Astinus@netcabo.pt>
> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>
> I am having some prblems with sendmail since the second time i booted
linux.
>
> I have linux for about 2 months now and i just now understood that my send
> mail deamon takes too long to start.
>
> this is the log message that appeard when i upgraded linux red hat 7.1 to
7.2
> for the first time:
>
> ( firstboot after installing )
>
> Nov 18 09:48:04 localhost sendmail[1031]: alias database /etc/aliases
rebuilt
> by root
> Nov 18 09:48:04 localhost sendmail[1031]: /etc/aliases: 42 aliases,
longest
> 10 bytes, 432 bytes total
> Nov 18 09:48:04 localhost sendmail[1043]: starting daemon (8.11.6):
> SMTP+queueing@01:00:00
> Nov 18 09:53:11 localhost sendmail[1675]: fAI9rAX01675: from=root,
size=186,
> class=0, nrcpts=1,
msgid=<200111180953.fAI9rAX01675@localhost.localdomain>,
> relay=root@localhost
> Nov 18 09:53:11 localhost sendmail[1679]: fAI9rAX01675: to=root,
ctladdr=root
> (0/0), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=30186,
dsn=2.0.0,
> stat=Sent
> Nov 18 10:06:18 localhost sendmail[22560]: fAIA6H722560: from=root,
size=241,
> class=0, nrcpts=1,
msgid=<200111181006.fAIA6H722560@localhost.localdomain>,
> relay=root@localhost
> Nov 18 10:06:18 localhost sendmail[22560]: fAIA6H722560: to=root,
> ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=loc
>
> no problems this time, send mail started smoothly and quickly!!!!!!!!
>
> Well, the first thing i did when i loged in was to configure my hostname
and
> network devices.
>
> So i changed my hostname to: AstinusGod, i added this host and it's
network
> ip to the hostname table and so on!!!
>
> since then look:
>
> send mail takes ages to start and it keeps these kinda error messages in
the
> log  files:
>
> Dec  2 00:56:04 AstinusGod sendmail[9808]: My unqualified host name
> (AstinusGod) unknown; sleeping for retry
> Dec  2 00:57:12 AstinusGod sendmail[9808]: unable to qualify my own domain
> name (AstinusGod) -- using short name
> Dec  2 00:57:12 AstinusGod sendmail[9808]: fB20vCX09808: from=root,
size=230,
> class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200112020057.fB20vCX09808@AstinusGod>,
> relay=root@localhost
> Dec  2 00:57:12 AstinusGod sendmail[9808]: fB20vCX09808: to=root,
> ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local,
pri=30230,
> dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
>
> I don't know what to do.... to solve this problem....
>
> i figure that if i change my hostname to localhost again, and if i remove
the
> ip entries i entered... it may be solved.. but i don't want that, just
want
> sendmail to recognize them!!!!!
>
> plz somebody help!!
>
> regards, Astinus
>
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