RH6.0 2.2.5-22, everthing was fine until I altered the /etc/hosts. I only
did this since changing hostname every time I went into X I get an error
message. Will RH boot past sendmail after a long delay as otheres are
suggesting? Ta. NH
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>From: Vidiot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Dreaded sendmail lock
>Date: Thu, Jan 27, 2000, 11:15 am
>
>>No, no I'm not that stupid! Sorry I didn't make myself clear, I put
>>something like
>>127.blah blah localhost
>>192.168.255.255 hollow
>
>Sorry, I had to respond based upon what I saw. You can pretty much pick
>any value, except that it can't end in .0 or .255. So something like
>192.9.200.1 would be fine.
>
>>What do you mean by "putting in the number assigned by your ISP". Are you
>>talking about the primary and secondary DNS cvalues required by my ISP for
>>ppp? Also how do I single boot I'm using loadlin not lilo. Another post to
>>someone else with the same problem on this list suggests that if I wait long
>>enough the machine will boot pass "start sendmail" is this true? I did wait
>>a fair while before the vulcan nerve pinch. Thanks for your prompt reply.
>
>Sorry, also didn't know you were connecting via PPP. In that case, PPP
>negotiates it's number upon connection. Use a number like I mentioned above.
>
>Sorry, but I've never used loadlin to boot, only LILO. If you can enter
>"linux single" into loadlin somehow, that will boot you into single user.
>
>You also don't say what version RedHat you are using.
>
>In any event, sendmail doesn't use the IP address you give to your system.
>All it does is start up and then listen on port 25. It doesn't know what
>your IP address is, not does it care.
>
>There is something else going on here that is being missed.
>
>No LILO? :-( :-(
>
>MB
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