couldn't able to start sendmail

emailssent · 02-15-2005, 11:58 PM

couldn't able to start sendmail

[root@e RPMS]# /etc/init.d/sendmail start
Starting sendmail: sendmail: usage: sendmail [ -t ] [ -fsender ] [ -Fname ] [ -bp ] [ -bs ] [ arg ... ]
[FAILED]

log says,

Feb 16 11:20:45 e sendmail: sendmail: usage: sendmail [ -t ] [ -fsender ] [ -Fname ] [ -bp ] [ -bs ] [ arg ... ]
Feb 16 11:20:45 e sendmail: sendmail startup failed

what could be the possible cause,

-jack

bathory · 02-16-2005, 02:28 AM

This is due probably to a bad written start-up script. Take a look at the /etc/init.d/sendmail to see what options are invoked when you run it with the "start" option.

Regards

ScooterB · 02-16-2005, 09:07 AM

You don't say in your profile what distro you are running, but you might try "service sendmail start" at the prompt (quotation marks mine).