sendmail service

nirmit · 05-19-2008, 01:32 AM

please tell me how to start 'sendmail' service in rhel4.0 without rebooting the server...

I have done service sendmail restart at # prompt
but service doesn't started
and i can't reboot the server so please give me usefull suggestion

ZAMO · 05-19-2008, 03:13 AM

Nirmit,

use /etc/init.d/sendmail start
or
service sendmail start

If you want the daemon sendmail , to be started on boot , use

chkconfig sendmail on .

nirmit · 05-19-2008, 03:30 AM

i can't boot my server. i have done all this stuff but it is not started.
i am doning this :-

cat a|mutt -s "hi all" "nirmit.modi@elitecore.com"
a is a file..
this is the error:-
Error sending message, child exited 78 ().
Could not send the message.

linuxlover.chaitanya · 05-19-2008, 08:05 AM

Does the status of sendmail daemon is shown as stopped?
Or this error is due to some mistake in configuration????

frenchn00b · 05-19-2008, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nirmit

i can't boot my server. i have done all this stuff but it is not started.
i am doning this :-

cat a|mutt -s "hi all" "nirmit.modi@elitecore.com"
a is a file..
this is the error:-
Error sending message, child exited 78 ().
Could not send the message.

if maybe it can help you, I do sendmail like this