Patrick Nelson wrote: ----------------->>>> David Busby wrote: ----------------->>>> Modify your hosts file to give you a dummy FQDN ----------------->>>>
Gosh I don't follow? ----------------->>>> The Non FQDN (NFQDN) is defined in /etc/sysconfig/network file with a one line entry of HOSTNAME=DevSys01. I had an alias in the /etc/hosts file of: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain DevSys01 So I just removed the NFQDN from hosts file alias and changed 127.0.0.1 to: 127.0.0.1 localhost without the .localdomain entry. Then restarted sendmail and this works. Although I can not ping DevSys01 by name, sendmail starts quickly, and I can send local mail and internet mail. Then I started messing around because I was not satisfied with this NFQDN thing. I found once you add reference to NFQDN in the host file... back to square one. However, I tried adding a FQDN with an alias to the host file like: 127.0.0.1 DevSys01.localdomain DevSys01 then sendmail started quickly and I was able to ping DevSys01, but sendmail didn't deliver. So I added back the local host entry and then it all worked. Here is my /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.0.1 DevSys01.localdomain DevSys01 Here is my /etc/sysconfig/network: NETWORKING=YES HOSTNAME=DevSys01 In your mail program you will have to adjust the From address if it takes it from the system. You can also add the IP of the network IF to the "127.0.0.1 DevSys01.localdomain DevSys01" line in your hosts file, but mines not static so I stuck with the 127.0.0.1 address. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
