I get the following. No errors. [root at cascade cf]# sendmail -bt ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked) Enter <ruleset> <address> > 3 No address! > 0 No address! > [root at cascade cf]# Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Adam Maloney <adamm at sihope.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 9:10 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG:20645] Sendmail - Operating system error! > Are you sure local-host-names is a flat text file and not supposed to be a > keyed database? > > If you do: > sendmail -bt > > 3 <root at your.machine.com> > ... > > 0 <root at your.machine.com> > ... > > Do you get any more useful information? (use EOF to end test mode) > > see http://www.telekomnet.com/writer_allan/8-1-00_isp_104.asp by yours > truly. I checked my facts by doing it under Linux, so it should work > perfectly. > > Adam Maloney > Systems Administrator > Sihope Communications > > On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > > > I am trying to set up sendmail 8.11.0 (don't ask me why - I just want to). I have it installed, I have the /etc/mail/sendmail.cf setup via the generic-linux.mc file. > > > > I am trying to start sendmail in this way : "/usr/sbin/sendmail -bd -q30m" No problem it starts. I can send mail from the local to computer to any other machine on the net. However, when I send mail to my machine from elsewhere, or when I send local mail on my machine - it never arrives. I look at the queue (sendmail -bp) and it shows two entries in the queue. I have tried to force queue processing (sendmail -v -q) and I am getting the following errors: > > > > [root at cascade cf]# sendmail -v -q > > > > Running /var/spool/mqueue/e7O0bRn27703 (sequence 1 of 2) > > <root at cascade.veldy.net>... Connecting to local... > > <root at cascade.veldy.net>... Operating system error > > > > Running /var/spool/mqueue/e7NKQf427623 (sequence 2 of 2) > > <veldy at cascade.veldy.net>... Connecting to local... > > <veldy at cascade.veldy.net>... Operating system error > > > > > > Currently, it is running under the root user (right now it is a test box and behind a firewall). I believe all permissions are correct. > > > > Incidentally, I followed all the instructions in the README and INSTALL files throughout the distributions (yuck!) to set up sendmail from source. I originally got the following error when starting sendmail: > > > > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 63: fileclass: cannot open '/etc/mail/local-host-names': No such file or directory > > > > I created a file called /etc/mail/local-host-names with the following: > > > > cascade.veldy.net > > localhost > > > > I tried many combinations of this to no effect. > > > > I have the latest bind installed on this machine also, but it is not running. I am using DNS services on another host. > > > > Any help getting through this would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Tom Veldhouse > > veldy at veldy.net > > > > P.S. I have appropriated "The Bat Book", but it has been of no help solving this problem. I am quite sendmail green - I historically use Postfix. > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org