startup sendmail problem redhat 8.0

omlip · 02-07-2003, 04:45 PM

hello all I'm new here
so i just installed a redhat 8.0 distrib on my computer
all the installation has been easy ,no problem i mean...
but my problem is situated a the startup
yes , sendmail is blocking and don't want to start so i've to wait all the time i want in front of my screen it won't change...
i'had tryed to do Ctrl-C to passe the starting up of sendmail but it didn't do anything the only thing i can do is ctrl-alt-delete(kill 6 i think to reboot the system)
i think i say all
if you have any idea of disabling it (sendmail) at startup or booting in safe ??
sorry for my basic english, i usually speak french
so good evening all
omlip

acid_kewpie · 02-08-2003, 02:46 AM

the problem is usually that you have incorrectly changed the name of your computer, and sendmail is having trouble finding it. check it is set properly in /etc/hosts and /etc/sysconfig/network. it is safe to disable it completely though by running "chkconfig --level 3 5 sendmail off" i think.

omlip · 02-09-2003, 02:55 PM

thanks a lot

disabling it was the good solution
thanks omlip

KayJay · 02-10-2003, 06:31 AM

hmmm I've never used this ckconfig thing.. I always did it manually:

mv S33Sendmail K99Sendmail in the default runlevel

acid_kewpie · 02-10-2003, 06:38 AM

erm... good for you....

KayJay · 02-10-2003, 07:02 AM

hmmm well..maybe ... maybe I should check this ckconfig thing out
but there are more ways that go to rome obviously.