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by **Mike Andre** » Mon, 16 Jul 2001 09:51:41

Or do they?

Here's what is in /etc/rc.conf and should be passed to sendmail
during startup:

Quote:> sendmail_enable="YES" # Run the sendmail daemon (or NO).
> sendmail_flags="-bd -q30m" # Flags to sendmail (if enabled)

Here's what my slightly-modified /etc/rc writes to the console
during boot:

Quote:> sendmail flags are -bd -q30m

And here's what ps awux|grep sendmail shows when all the /etc/rc*
scripts finish running and I can get logged on:

Quote:> root 188 0.0 0.4 2508 2008 ?? Is 5:28PM 0:00.03 /usr/bin/sendmail -FCronDaemon -odi -oem -oi -t
> root 189 0.0 0.4 2508 2008 ?? Is 5:28PM 0:00.03 /usr/bin/sendmail -FCronDaemon -odi -oem -oi -t

And I have to start sendmail manually, which is a real PITA.

Any ideas on what's causing this and how to fix it?

Alternatively, any ideas on how to instrument things so I'll
have a better chance of finding the cause?

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It did not last; the devil howling "Ho!
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by **Torste** » Mon, 16 Jul 2001 22:21:01

Quote:> Here's what my slightly-modified /etc/rc writes to the console
> during boot:
>> sendmail flags are -bd -q30m
> And here's what ps awux|grep sendmail shows when all the /etc/rc*
> scripts finish running and I can get logged on:
>> root 188 0.0 0.4 2508 2008 ?? Is 5:28PM 0:00.03 /usr/bin/sendmail -FCronDaemon -odi -oem -oi -t
>> root 189 0.0 0.4 2508 2008 ?? Is 5:28PM 0:00.03 /usr/bin/sendmail -FCronDaemon -odi -oem -oi -t

Whatever it is you are running, it isn't sendmail(8). Real sendmail
lives in /usr/sbin/, not in /usr/bin/. It also changes what is
shown by ps to something like this:

sendmail: accepting connections (sendmail)

/Torsten

by **Mike Andre** » Tue, 17 Jul 2001 01:19:26

:> Here's what my slightly-modified /etc/rc writes to the console
:> during boot:

:>> sendmail flags are -bd -q30m

:> And here's what ps awux|grep sendmail shows when all the /etc/rc*
:> scripts finish running and I can get logged on:

:>> root 188 0.0 0.4 2508 2008 ?? Is 5:28PM 0:00.03 /usr/bin/sendmail -FCronDaemon -odi -oem -oi -t
:>> root 189 0.0 0.4 2508 2008 ?? Is 5:28PM 0:00.03 /usr/bin/sendmail -FCronDaemon -odi -oem -oi -t

: Whatever it is you are running, it isn't sendmail(8). Real sendmail
: lives in /usr/sbin/, not in /usr/bin/. It also changes what is
: shown by ps to something like this:

: sendmail: accepting connections (sendmail)

I totally agree.

The real sendmail is where it should be:

Quote:> $ which sendmail
> /usr/sbin/sendmail

The bogus sendmail doesn't even exist:

Quote:> $ ls -al /usr/bin/sendmail
> ls: /usr/bin/sendmail: No such file or directory

Here's the one I start by hand:

Quote:> root 569 0.0 0.4 2492 2108 ?? Ss 10:31AM 0:00.18 sendmail: accepting connections (sendmail)

Trying to kill the bogus sendmails just turns them into zombies:

Quote:> mikea 189 0.0 0.0 0 0 ?? Z 10:27AM 0:00.00 (sendmail)
> mikea 188 0.0 0.0 0 0 ?? Z 10:27AM 0:00.00 (sendmail)

And I've been grepping around, too, to find what is starting the
nonexistant /usr/bin/sendmail, with no success.

Ideas are welcome.

--
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board throwing dead wombats and rotten cabbage at the other cars"
- a.s.r throws the Information Superhighway metaphor into reverse.

by **Christopher Meiklejo** » Tue, 17 Jul 2001 02:32:36

I think it could have somthing to do with the Cron BSD mailings that
mail the daily output stuff possibly... (seeing that it is starting
with -FCronDaemon). you know?

I am not really sure though..

Any other ideas?

--chris

> :> Here's what my slightly-modified /etc/rc writes to the console
> :> during boot:

> :>> sendmail flags are -bd -q30m

> :> And here's what ps awux|grep sendmail shows when all the /etc/rc*
> :> scripts finish running and I can get logged on:

> :>> root 188 0.0 0.4 2508 2008 ?? Is 5:28PM 0:00.03 /usr/bin/sendmail -FCronDaemon -odi -oem -oi -t
> :>> root 189 0.0 0.4 2508 2008 ?? Is 5:28PM 0:00.03 /usr/bin/sendmail -FCronDaemon -odi -oem -oi -t

> : Whatever it is you are running, it isn't sendmail(8). Real sendmail
> : lives in /usr/sbin/, not in /usr/bin/. It also changes what is
> : shown by ps to something like this:

> : sendmail: accepting connections (sendmail)

> I totally agree.

> The real sendmail is where it should be:
> > $ which sendmail
> > /usr/sbin/sendmail

> The bogus sendmail doesn't even exist:
> > $ ls -al /usr/bin/sendmail
> > ls: /usr/bin/sendmail: No such file or directory

> Here's the one I start by hand:
> > root 569 0.0 0.4 2492 2108 ?? Ss 10:31AM 0:00.18 sendmail: accepting connections (sendmail)

> Trying to kill the bogus sendmails just turns them into zombies:
> > mikea 189 0.0 0.0 0 0 ?? Z 10:27AM 0:00.00 (sendmail)
> > mikea 188 0.0 0.0 0 0 ?? Z 10:27AM 0:00.00 (sendmail)

> And I've been grepping around, too, to find what is starting the
> nonexistant /usr/bin/sendmail, with no success.

> Ideas are welcome.

--
Christopher Meiklejohn
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