First, the answer:
Yes, it could be because you changed the hostname, especially if you didn't
do it right. For instance, if you modified /etc/sysconfig/network but NOT
/etc/hosts
Secondly, to the group at large:
Two things need to happen. 1) Put this question in the FAQ. 2) Send the FAQ
out AT LEAST monthly, if not weekly. Who is the person in charge of the
linux-newbie FAQ?
On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 09:39:07PM -0400, John P. Marr wrote:
> I have been looking at the sendmail manual in RH Linux 6.0 trying to
> figure out just what it does. As far as I can understand, it only sends
> pre-formatted messages somewhere. Could someone please explain to me just
> what sendmail does, and why when I boot linux now the system hangs at
> sendmail? Could it be because I changed the host name or something along
> these lines?
>
> Any comments are welcomed
>
> John
>
>
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