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Old 08-13-2002, 02:10 AM   #1
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why sendmail takes so long to start?


Hi, I have RedHat and Win2000 daul Os.Everything seems to be OK but when I load Linux, it took very long time to start sendmail.(more than the time to start all the other services)



Please tell me why or what is sendmail just.

Thanks.
 
Old 08-13-2002, 02:19 AM   #2
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sendmail is a mail server & I am sure you dont want to run it .
cos u dont know what it is.....to stop it from starting just
go to /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/ & there must be a file Sxxsendmail
xx is some number......just rename it to Kxxsendmail or may be
something else not starting with S (S means you want to start
it, K means you want to kill it)......
 
Old 08-13-2002, 04:16 AM   #3
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I had a similiar problem with this. Mind you I'm not sure how I solved it but it might have something to do with the hosts file. Check that the machine name (fully qualified one) and ip address is correct. I think sendmail checks this file on startup.

A-dummy is right about not having it running if you don't need it. It'll just provide a possible security risk if not maintained properly.
 
Old 08-13-2002, 12:45 PM   #4
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Thank you A-dummy, I have tried rename the file S80sendmail in dir /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/, but this failed to skip starting sendmail after my reboot.

Then I think than /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/ is used at the running level of 5, but I load at 3.

So I renamed the file S80sendmail in dir /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/, it successfully skip starting that sendmail.

Further question:

What is xx.d file?
 
Old 08-13-2002, 12:54 PM   #5
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you mean rc.d ,rc3.d & such things.....they are initialisation
files & all files inside rc5.d (starting with S)are run,for example ,
when you enter 5th level.....all such scripts are kept inside rc.d
directory structure with (probably) symbolic links to /etc/init.d...
this is true for most of the distros following system V like RH,
mandy.....
 
Old 08-13-2002, 04:00 PM   #6
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init.d, what an important file. My impression to it is very confuse, could you tell me about it more detailer?
 
Old 08-13-2002, 05:11 PM   #7
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right, the problenm is probably that it is not resolving your domain name properly, that's what it always is. if you tail /var/log/messages youshould see 3 or 4 error messages saying i can't resolve the hostname. make suer that the hostname is set in /etc/mail/local-host-names and any other relevant files in that directory
 
  


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