Subject: RE: Sendmail newbie question
To: 'Philip Christian' <philipchristian2003@yahoo.co.uk>
From: Conrad T. Pino <Conrad@Pino.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 12/24/2002 10:43:15
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By default the sendmail daemon is off. Check "/etc/rc.conf" for
"sendmail=YES"
and change it to "NO" if you won't be receving email.
To make the error to away, add "hostname=myname.somedomain" to
"/etc/rc.conf"
and add the following to "/etc/hosts":
10.0.1.x myname.somedomain myname
-----Original Message-----
From: netbsd-help-owner@netbsd.org [mailto:netbsd-help-owner@netbsd.org]On
Behalf Of Philip Christian
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 08:55
To: netbsd-help@netbsd.org
Subject: Sendmail newbie question
I now have two portable NetBSD PCs in my lab (the spare bedroom). The
idea is that I can power them up, and then telnet, ftp from my laptop and
compile some code, play with the OSI stack etc, then shut them down and put
them back in the cupboard. They seem to start up quite nicely without any
keyboard mouse or monitor which is neat.
Anyway, when I boot them I get:
localhost sendmail [135]: My unqualified hostname (localhost) unknown;
sleeping for retry
then
localhost sendmail [135]: Unable to qualify my own domain name
(localhost) -- using shortname
this introduces an annoying delay
Questions:-
Do I really need sendmail? how did it get there? what starts it going? can
I get rid of it?
If I can't then how do I get rid of the delay while it "sleeps for a
retry"?
I am guessing that it is something to do with the the hosts file which at
the moment just has localhost 127.0.0.1 or whatever it is. The machines
also have a line in etc/ifconfig.ep0 which gives them a 10.0.1.x address and
an OSI address, maybe it is something to do with that..
Thanks, Philip
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[mailto:netbsd-help-owner@netbsd.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Philip=20
Christian<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 24, 2002 =
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<P>I now have two portable NetBSD PCs in my lab (the spare =
bedroom). The=20
idea is that I can power them up, and then telnet, ftp from my laptop =
and=20
compile some code, play with the OSI stack etc, then shut them down =
and put=20
them back in the cupboard. They seem to start up quite nicely =
without=20
any keyboard mouse or monitor which is neat.</P>
<P>Anyway, when I boot them I get:</P>
<P>localhost sendmail [135]: My unqualified hostname (localhost) =
unknown;=20
sleeping for retry</P>
<P>then</P>
<P>localhost sendmail [135]: Unable to qualify my own domain name =
(localhost)=20
-- using shortname</P>
<P>this introduces an annoying delay</P>
<P>Questions:-</P>
<P>Do I really need sendmail? how did it get there? what starts it =
going? can=20
I get rid of it?</P>
<P>If I can't then how do I get rid of the delay while it "sleeps =
for a=20
retry"?</P>
<P>I am guessing that it is something to do with the the hosts file =
which at=20
the moment just has localhost 127.0.0.1 or whatever it is. The =
machines=20
also have a line in etc/ifconfig.ep0 which gives them a 10.0.1.x =
address and=20
an OSI address, maybe it is something to do with that..</P>
<P>Thanks, Philip</P>
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