Try removing the /etc/resolv.conf from your host or properly configure
DNS on your server. Your resolv.conf file may be pointing to a DNS that
you specified during installation. If the DNS server is not running,
accessible, or configured sendmail will take some time.
Chuck Carson wrote:
> I have had this problem as well, and sendmail would never time out.
> Well, not in 60 minutes anyways. I am not a sendmail wiz, but I just
> bought O'Rielly's book and am going thru it and it is a pretty good
> book. When I was having the problem with it hanging, my hostname
> was declared in /etc/hosts and ip addresses were defined. In fact, I
> could ping the hanging system from my NT workstation on the same
> subnet.
>
> WC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John D. Hardin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 1:17 PM
> Subject: Re: Sendmail
>
> >> Hello, everyone.
> >>
> >> >> My RH42 is not having a good morning. When I powered up the
> system,
> it
> >> >> appears to start normally; however, when it gets to the
> "Starting
> >> >> sendmail: sendmail" in the boot seq, everything stops. If I do
> a
> >> >> Ctrl-Alt-Del, it shuts back down and reboots the system....which
> of
> >> >> course stops again at the same point.
> >> >>
> >> >> How do I get past this error? I haven't configured the sendmail
> at
> all.
> >>
> >> I don't seem to have the same problem with my RedHat 5 although I
> do not
> >> have a network connection started on boot-up either. Mine's a PPP
> dial-up
> >> connection. Thot the last time this problem was raised on this
> list, the
> >> conclusion was that the networking options were not set up properly
> (If I
> >> didn't remember wrongly). Do check your /etc/sysconfig/network to
> ensure
> >> that a proper hostname is specified for your machine. Hope that
> helps.
> >
> >FAQ! FAQ!
> >
> >When sendmail starts up it tries to determine the host name of the
> system
> it is
> >running on. If you do not have your local hostname entered into
> /etc/hosts,
> it
> >tries a DNS lookup, and this is what takes a while to time out.
> >
> >Solution:
> >
> >If you have problems with Sendmail pausing on system boot, make sure
> that
> your
> >local system name and IP address are in /etc/hosts.
> >
> >--
> > John Hardin KA7OHZ
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> >-
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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> > to take effect. Reboot now? [ OK ]
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> >
> >
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