Re: Sendmail configuration question

[henris bga com]

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am using sendmail on a uucp client.
> 
> I have my smart-host properly set, and in the sendmail config, I have
> "do not use DNS" ticked.
> 
I dont know about sendmail config but sendmail is generally compiled to
use DNS. Have you checked nsswitch.conf and see what the host settings
are?
What exactly does your /etc/hosts say?


> however, whenever sendmail starts up it hangs for 60 seconds. I see the
> following in /var/log/maillog:
> 
> Oct  2 22:40:53 tomboy sendmail[6481]: My unqualified host name (tomboy) unknown
> ; sleeping for retry
> Oct  2 22:41:53 tomboy sendmail[6481]: unable to qualify my own domain name (tom
> boy) -- using short name
> 
> My hostname is "tomboy". It is properly registered in /etc/hosts.
> 
> How do I get sendmail to recognize this, and not complain.
> 
> Also, I get the following maillog messages from sendmail:
> Oct  2 22:41:53 tomboy sendmail[6481]: e92Efri06481: forward /home/hosler/.forwa
> rd.tomboy: World writable directory
> Oct  2 22:41:53 tomboy sendmail[6481]: e92Efri06481: forward /home/hosler/.forwa
> rd: World writable directory
> 
> In reality, the above 2 mentioned directories do not exist. In addition,
> /home/hosler is a soft link to /mnt/home/hosler, and
> /mnt/home/hosler is definately not world writeable.
> 
That would be the .forward file itself that sendmail is complaining about.


Henri

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