Hi Michael, You are right. It has something to do with the /etc/hosts file. Apparently, I had only this: 192.168.1.1 linux_box The alias wasn't declared. And when I changed it to: 192.168.1.1 linux_box localhost.localdomain localhost The delay disappears altogether. I had to compare this against another linux box that was freshly installed. I guess it was trying to resolve "localhost".
Thanks for your help. Michael -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 19 December 2002 02:59 am, Michael wrote: > Hi, > > I have been facing this problem for a while. Whenever my linux box > boots/reboots, there will always be a long delay of about 4-5 minutes > when it attempts to start the sendmail and sm-client services. > > I am guessing it is some configuration that might be wrong. I use the > default which comes with a fresh RedHat distribution. Does anyone know > what could be wrong? Most likely, the machine can't resolve it's hostname. Do you have an entry in /etc/hosts for it? Something like: $ head -2 /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 192.168.0.1 paradox.local paradox - -- - -Michael pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/gpgkey.txt Red Hat Linux 7.{2,3}|8.0 in 8M of RAM: http://www.rule-project.org/ - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+AbdSn/07WoAb/SsRAl/7AJwJUtnkD/82d3iOD89xItI5IoSvQgCaA7b2 G1MMZEuVaCidUsS9HlHfHqk= =lljO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
