Re: sendmail: My unqualified host name
On 28/06/2010 23:21, Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:12:38 +0100, Michael wrote: Yes but I don't quite understand why. It's my laptop system and I don't really need or want sendmail there. You may want to reconsider this statement. :-) I did just that :) So far I thought sendmail is a big hairy thing that is completely useless on desktop systems. Now I learned that it is kind of crucial to proper system workings so in fact I do need it. Plus messages that it tried to deliver are important so I definitely do want it. It was all fine and quiet for months and started just recently. So THAT is really strange. So mystery is now solved since I got sendmail working locally. It turned out that ports update went wrong and messed up one program. That program was being run every minute via root's crontab... Thank you so much. M. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: sendmail: My unqualified host name
On 6/28/10 6:21 PM, Polytropon wrote: But how can I find out exactly what is trying to use sendmail (which fails and complaints)? I think it's sendmail itself that complains on startup (running as local-only delivery system). That's certainly what it looks like. The only change in the system I can think of is that I replaced pf with ipfw. I doubt that has anything to do with it. Unless the change blocked access to DNS and reverse DNS was being used to look up the system name. -- --Jon Radel j...@radel.com
Re: sendmail: My unqualified host name
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:12:38 +0100, Michael wrote: > Yes but I don't quite understand why. It's my laptop system and I don't > really need or want sendmail there. You may want to reconsider this statement. :-) > I guess it must be some script > trying to send email instead of logging to a file. The sendmail facility is used by the system to deliver status messages (e. g. by the daily/monthly/weekly periodic scripts, sometimes by the printing subsystem), so it depends on an at least locally working installation. There may be other services that rely on sendmail to provide output directed to a system's mail box (usually root). Check /etc/defaults/rc.conf for the sendmail_* family of options. > But how can I find out exactly what is trying to use sendmail (which > fails and complaints)? I think it's sendmail itself that complains on startup (running as local-only delivery system). > My configuration (8.0-RELEASE-p3): > /etc/rc.conf > hostname="prime" > sendmail_enable="NONE" > /etc/hosts > ::1 localhost prime > 127.0.0.1 localhost prime Try to additionally define a domainname ".local" or ".lan", e. g. 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.0.1 prime.local prime See "man 5 hosts" for details, I think it explains it very well (it's right in the 1st paragraph). Also give the full name in /etc/rc.conf: hostname="prime.local". Then make sure to have visited /etc/mail doing "make all install". This will make sure sendmail picks up all neccessary configuration items. > It was all fine and quiet for months and started just recently. So THAT is really strange. > The only > change in the system I can think of is that I replaced pf with ipfw. I doubt that has anything to do with it. > Still don't understand what is so urgent that sendmail keeps trying > every minute. It fails to start properly because of a missing configuration item. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: sendmail: My unqualified host name
On 28/06/2010 22:43, Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:51:46 +0100, Michael wrote: My console is being flooded with this kind of messages: Jun 28 15:49:02 prime sendmail[57268]: My unqualified host name (localhost) unknown; sleeping for retry Jun 28 15:49:06 prime sendmail[21451]: unable to qualify my own domain name (localhost) -- using short name It seems that it's your *sendmail* that is complaining. Check your settings regarding hostname (hostname= in /etc/rc.conf, corresponding entry in /etc/hosts), also check sendmail configuration in /etc/mail. Yes but I don't quite understand why. It's my laptop system and I don't really need or want sendmail there. I guess it must be some script trying to send email instead of logging to a file. But how can I find out exactly what is trying to use sendmail (which fails and complaints)? My configuration (8.0-RELEASE-p3): /etc/rc.conf hostname="prime" sendmail_enable="NONE" /etc/hosts ::1 localhost prime 127.0.0.1 localhost prime /etc/nsswitch.conf hosts: files dns /etc/periodic.conf daily_output="/var/log/dper.log" daily_clean_hoststat_enable="NO" daily_backup_aliases_enable="NO" daily_status_mailq_enable="NO" daily_status_include_submit_mailq="NO" daily_status_mail_rejects_enable="NO" daily_queuerun_enable="NO" daily_submit_queuerun="NO" daily_status_security_output="/var/log/dsec.log" weekly_output="/var/log/wper.log" monthly_output="/var/log/mper.log" It was all fine and quiet for months and started just recently. The only change in the system I can think of is that I replaced pf with ipfw. Still don't understand what is so urgent that sendmail keeps trying every minute. M. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: sendmail: My unqualified host name
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:51:46 +0100, Michael wrote: > Hello. > > My console is being flooded with this kind of messages: > > Jun 28 15:49:02 prime sendmail[57268]: My unqualified host name > (localhost) unknown; sleeping for retry > Jun 28 15:49:06 prime sendmail[21451]: unable to qualify my own domain > name (localhost) -- using short name > Jun 28 15:50:02 prime sendmail[85031]: My unqualified host name > (localhost) unknown; sleeping for retry > Jun 28 15:50:06 prime sendmail[57268]: unable to qualify my own domain > name (localhost) -- using short name > > Is there any way to find out who/what is trying to use sendmail? It seems that it's your *sendmail* that is complaining. Check your settings regarding hostname (hostname= in /etc/rc.conf, corresponding entry in /etc/hosts), also check sendmail configuration in /etc/mail. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
sendmail: My unqualified host name
Hello. My console is being flooded with this kind of messages: Jun 28 15:49:02 prime sendmail[57268]: My unqualified host name (localhost) unknown; sleeping for retry Jun 28 15:49:06 prime sendmail[21451]: unable to qualify my own domain name (localhost) -- using short name Jun 28 15:50:02 prime sendmail[85031]: My unqualified host name (localhost) unknown; sleeping for retry Jun 28 15:50:06 prime sendmail[57268]: unable to qualify my own domain name (localhost) -- using short name Is there any way to find out who/what is trying to use sendmail? M. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: My unqualified host name
> If you look for "My unqualified host name" "unknown; sleeping for > retry" you will get a lot of possible answers; some suggesting to > add your unqualified host name in /etc/hosts. That line is already in /etc/hosts, both with and without a trailing period. I still get the ~3 messages about a minute apart during boot. The first 4 lines of /etc/hosts look like: ::1localhost 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.200.61 foo 192.168.200.61 foo. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
My unqualified host name
> Dunno about the OP, but my FreeBSD machines do not have nor need > valid FQDNs because they sit behind a NAT firewall (and therefore > do not have externally-identifiable IP addresses). I want hostname > to simply return the unqualified host name (say, foo), not foo.com > nor foo.uucp nor even foo.bogus. I don't need sendmail to handle > anything but purely local traffic, such as the periodic reports to > root, and it's just fine for it to identify itself simply as foo. > We were able to do things like this back in the days of SunOS 4, so > why should it be difficult to accomplish today? Indeed, why should > it not be the default mode of operation when hostname returns an > unqualified name? Common practice to handle naming was to use "computer.network.TLD" such as "workstation1.freebsd.org" for the internet facing side of your network. Internal, if you were not running a split-horizon DNS setup would be to use "network.local" or simply "local" for the effect of "workstation1.freebsd.local" or "workstation1.local". therefore if for some strange reason it ever did get the FQDN outside the local network, nothing would be able to resolve it to make it an issue since there is no TLD of .Local on the internet but could easily be added to an internal DNS server for personal use. -Sean ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: My unqualified host name
> > why not just diagnose and fix the root problem? > > because I have no clue how to do it, without adopting settings that > I don't want! Google is your friend my friend (please allow me to call you my friend). If you look for "My unqualified host name" "unknown; sleeping for retry" you will get a lot of possible answers; some suggesting to add your unqualified host name in /etc/hosts. Best regards, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: My unqualified host name
> > > > "nyana sm-mta[803]: My unqualified host name (nyana) unknown; > > > > sleeping for retry" > > > > > > ... sendmail expects your machine to have working DNS and for > > > the machine to have a valid FQDN. Either set that up, or add > > > sendmail_enable="NONE" to /etc/rc.conf to disable sendmail ... > > > > There is another approach, which is to ignore the message. After > > something like 3 repetitions, at something like a minute apart, > > it will give up on qualifying its name. Everything seems to work > > just fine thereafter until the next boot, when the entire > > sequence repeats. > >Respectfully, my gut reaction is this is, if not /bad/ practice, > at least not /good/ practice. The requirements for geting sendmail > to behave (at least in this regard) are not particularly onerous; If sendmail *will not work properly* without a valid FQDN, that alone is onerous. See below. > why not just diagnose and fix the root problem? because I have no clue how to do it, without adopting settings that I don't want! Dunno about the OP, but my FreeBSD machines do not have nor need valid FQDNs because they sit behind a NAT firewall (and therefore do not have externally-identifiable IP addresses). I want hostname to simply return the unqualified host name (say, foo), not foo.com nor foo.uucp nor even foo.bogus. I don't need sendmail to handle anything but purely local traffic, such as the periodic reports to root, and it's just fine for it to identify itself simply as foo. We were able to do things like this back in the days of SunOS 4, so why should it be difficult to accomplish today? Indeed, why should it not be the default mode of operation when hostname returns an unqualified name? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: My unqualified host name
As I promised I came back with the answer, he simple thing to stop sendmail on boot works and now I have no longer that annoying message :) - Original Message From: Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Dánielisz László <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:02:43 PM Subject: Re: My unqualified host name On Sep 23, 2008, at 10:13 AM, Dánielisz László wrote: > I got the following error message on boot: > > "nyana sm-mta[803]: My unqualified host name (nyana) unknown; > sleeping for retry" > > Do you have any idea? Yes, sendmail expects your machine to have working DNS and for the machine to have a valid FQDN. Either set that up, or add sendmail_enable="NONE" to /etc/rc.conf to disable sendmail if you won't be using it... Regards, -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: My unqualified host name
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > "nyana sm-mta[803]: My unqualified host name (nyana) unknown; > > > sleeping for retry" > > > > ... sendmail expects your machine to have working DNS and for > > the machine to have a valid FQDN. Either set that up, or add > > sendmail_enable="NONE" to /etc/rc.conf to disable sendmail ... > > There is another approach, which is to ignore the message. After > something like 3 repetitions, at something like a minute apart, > it will give up on qualifying its name. Everything seems to work > just fine thereafter until the next boot, when the entire > sequence repeats. Respectfully, my gut reaction is this is, if not /bad/ practice, at least not /good/ practice. The requirements for geting sendmail to behave (at least in this regard) are not particularly onerous; why not just diagnose and fix the root problem? Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: My unqualified host name
Simple solution is to add hostname="nyana.com" to rc.conf then everything is happy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dánielisz László Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 2:40 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My unqualified host name True, the system boots without any problem but its annoying to wait for that failure. - Original Message From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:05:16 AM Subject: Re: My unqualified host name > > "nyana sm-mta[803]: My unqualified host name (nyana) unknown; > > sleeping for retry" > > ... sendmail expects your machine to have working DNS and for > the machine to have a valid FQDN. Either set that up, or add > sendmail_enable="NONE" to /etc/rc.conf to disable sendmail ... There is another approach, which is to ignore the message. After something like 3 repetitions, at something like a minute apart, it will give up on qualifying its name. Everything seems to work just fine thereafter until the next boot, when the entire sequence repeats. This leads to the question of how to get sendmail -- or whatever -- into the state where it will eventually land after the 3-miunte delay, without the delay and the messages. It seems as if this ought not be all that difficult. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: My unqualified host name
True, the system boots without any problem but its annoying to wait for that failure. - Original Message From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:05:16 AM Subject: Re: My unqualified host name > > "nyana sm-mta[803]: My unqualified host name (nyana) unknown; > > sleeping for retry" > > ... sendmail expects your machine to have working DNS and for > the machine to have a valid FQDN. Either set that up, or add > sendmail_enable="NONE" to /etc/rc.conf to disable sendmail ... There is another approach, which is to ignore the message. After something like 3 repetitions, at something like a minute apart, it will give up on qualifying its name. Everything seems to work just fine thereafter until the next boot, when the entire sequence repeats. This leads to the question of how to get sendmail -- or whatever -- into the state where it will eventually land after the 3-miunte delay, without the delay and the messages. It seems as if this ought not be all that difficult. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: My unqualified host name
This one is set in rc.conf but I'll check once again when I arrive home. - Original Message From: Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Dánielisz László <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:02:43 PM Subject: Re: My unqualified host name On Sep 23, 2008, at 10:13 AM, Dánielisz László wrote: > I got the following error message on boot: > > "nyana sm-mta[803]: My unqualified host name (nyana) unknown; > sleeping for retry" > > Do you have any idea? Yes, sendmail expects your machine to have working DNS and for the machine to have a valid FQDN. Either set that up, or add sendmail_enable="NONE" to /etc/rc.conf to disable sendmail if you won't be using it... Regards, -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: My unqualified host name
I can't check it right now but I'll asap. - Original Message From: Jonathan Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Dánielisz László <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:02:08 PM Subject: Re: My unqualified host name On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:13:52AM -0700, Dánielisz László wrote: > Hello! > > I got the following error message on boot: > > "nyana sm-mta[803]: My unqualified host name (nyana) unknown; sleeping for > retry" > > Do you have any idea? Is the name "nyana" the DNS or in /etc/hosts? -- Jonathan Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Opportunities are seldom labeled ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: My unqualified host name
> > "nyana sm-mta[803]: My unqualified host name (nyana) unknown; > > sleeping for retry" > > ... sendmail expects your machine to have working DNS and for > the machine to have a valid FQDN. Either set that up, or add > sendmail_enable="NONE" to /etc/rc.conf to disable sendmail ... There is another approach, which is to ignore the message. After something like 3 repetitions, at something like a minute apart, it will give up on qualifying its name. Everything seems to work just fine thereafter until the next boot, when the entire sequence repeats. This leads to the question of how to get sendmail -- or whatever -- into the state where it will eventually land after the 3-miunte delay, without the delay and the messages. It seems as if this ought not be all that difficult. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: My unqualified host name
On Sep 23, 2008, at 10:13 AM, Dánielisz László wrote: I got the following error message on boot: "nyana sm-mta[803]: My unqualified host name (nyana) unknown; sleeping for retry" Do you have any idea? Yes, sendmail expects your machine to have working DNS and for the machine to have a valid FQDN. Either set that up, or add sendmail_enable="NONE" to /etc/rc.conf to disable sendmail if you won't be using it... Regards, -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: My unqualified host name
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:13:52AM -0700, Dánielisz László wrote: > Hello! > > I got the following error message on boot: > > "nyana sm-mta[803]: My unqualified host name (nyana) unknown; sleeping for > retry" > > Do you have any idea? Is the name "nyana" the DNS or in /etc/hosts? -- Jonathan Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Opportunities are seldom labeled ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
My unqualified host name
Hello! I got the following error message on boot: "nyana sm-mta[803]: My unqualified host name (nyana) unknown; sleeping for retry" Do you have any idea? thx. Laci ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: unqualified host name
Diable sendmail. Add sendmail_enable="none" line In /etc/rc.conf Cheers, > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RawDevelopment > Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 11:06 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: unqualified host name > > Hi there :-) > I just installed FreeBSD 6.2 and during the setup process I setup my > network card. Now I did this twice, first time when setting up my card I > gave the hostname 'mylan' thinking I could put almost anything in there - > now when the machine booted just after starting sshd I get > > My unqualified host name (mylan) unknown; sleeping for retry. > > and this would make the system wait for about 2-3 minutes as it tried to > more times. > > So I reinstalled and this time set the hostname to localhost same > thing happens.. > > not sure what is should be to get rid of this error. > > Thanks > Nick > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: unqualified host name
Bill Moran wrote: If you don't have access to DNS to set your hostname properly, you can use a garbage name and add it to /etc/hosts and the delays will go away. You can also ctrl-C the delay away-- it'll kill Sendmail's hangign. -- Jay Chandler Network Administrator, Chapman University 714.628.7249 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Today's Excuse: Dyslexics retyping hosts file on servers ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: unqualified host name
In response to "RawDevelopment" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi there :-) > I just installed FreeBSD 6.2 and during the setup process I setup my > network card. Now I did this twice, first time when setting up my card > I gave the hostname 'mylan' thinking I could put almost anything in > there - now when the machine booted just after starting sshd I get Format recovered. See: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-questions/index.html > > My unqualified host name (mylan) unknown; sleeping for retry. > > and this would make the system wait for about 2-3 minutes as it tried > to more times. > > So I reinstalled and this time set the hostname to localhost same > thing happens.. > > not sure what is should be to get rid of this error. It should be an actual fully-qualified hostname that is in DNS: http://foldoc.org/index.cgi?query=fqdn&action=Search If you don't have access to DNS to set your hostname properly, you can use a garbage name and add it to /etc/hosts and the delays will go away. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
unqualified host name
Hi there :-) I just installed FreeBSD 6.2 and during the setup process I setup my network card. Now I did this twice, first time when setting up my card I gave the hostname 'mylan' thinking I could put almost anything in there - now when the machine booted just after starting sshd I get My unqualified host name (mylan) unknown; sleeping for retry. and this would make the system wait for about 2-3 minutes as it tried to more times. So I reinstalled and this time set the hostname to localhost same thing happens.. not sure what is should be to get rid of this error. Thanks Nick ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: sm-mta[386]: My unqualified host name ...
That did the trick, thanks! -- Kiffin Rex Gish Gouda, The Netherlands > -Original Message- > From: Stijn Hoop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 14:44 > To: Kiffin Gish > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: sm-mta[386]: My unqualified host name ... > > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 02:25:17PM +0100, Kiffin Gish wrote: > > I recently installed a fileserver which is restricted to > the internal > > network and which I refer to simply as 'fileserver' (pretty > creative, > > right). > > > > However, sendmail doesn't seem to work correctly. When the machine > > boots and/or I try and send an email using sendmail, I get > a bunch of > > cryptic error messages. Here's a view of the syslog: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] tail /var/log/messages > > Nov 29 13:51:56 fileserver sm-mta[386]: My unqualified host name > > (fileserver) unknown; sleeping for retry > > Nov 29 13:52:56 fileserver sm-mta[386]: unable to qualify my own > > domain name > > (fileserver) -- using short name > > Nov 29 13:52:57 fileserver sm-msp-queue[390]: My > unqualified host name > > (fileserver) unknown; sleeping for retry > > Nov 29 13:53:57 fileserver sm-msp-queue[390]: unable to > qualify my own > > domain name (fileserver) -- using short name > > ... > > Nov 29 13:56:43 fileserver sendmail[565]: My unqualified host name > > (fileserver) unknown; sleeping for retry > > Nov 29 13:57:43 fileserver sendmail[565]: unable to qualify > my own domain > > name (fileserver) -- using short name > > ... > > > > Can anyone please help me? > > It's missing it's domain name apparently (i.e. the things > after the first . in fileserver.my.domain.nl). Either make > sure it's in the DNS or list it in /etc/hosts. > > --Stijn > > -- > Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children > already know dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the > dragons can be killed. > -- G.K. Chesterton > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: sm-mta[386]: My unqualified host name ...
On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 02:25:17PM +0100, Kiffin Gish wrote: > I recently installed a fileserver which is restricted to the internal > network and which I refer to simply as 'fileserver' (pretty creative, > right). > > However, sendmail doesn't seem to work correctly. When the machine boots > and/or I try and send an email using sendmail, I get a bunch of cryptic > error messages. Here's a view of the syslog: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] tail /var/log/messages > Nov 29 13:51:56 fileserver sm-mta[386]: My unqualified host name > (fileserver) unknown; sleeping for retry > Nov 29 13:52:56 fileserver sm-mta[386]: unable to qualify my own domain name > (fileserver) -- using short name > Nov 29 13:52:57 fileserver sm-msp-queue[390]: My unqualified host name > (fileserver) unknown; sleeping for retry > Nov 29 13:53:57 fileserver sm-msp-queue[390]: unable to qualify my own > domain name (fileserver) -- using short name > ... > Nov 29 13:56:43 fileserver sendmail[565]: My unqualified host name > (fileserver) unknown; sleeping for retry > Nov 29 13:57:43 fileserver sendmail[565]: unable to qualify my own domain > name (fileserver) -- using short name > ... > > Can anyone please help me? It's missing it's domain name apparently (i.e. the things after the first . in fileserver.my.domain.nl). Either make sure it's in the DNS or list it in /etc/hosts. --Stijn -- Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed. -- G.K. Chesterton pgpCQdkeIeOSU.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: sm-mta[386]: My unqualified host name ...
Kiffin Gish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > However, sendmail doesn't seem to work correctly. When the machine boots > and/or I try and send an email using sendmail, I get a bunch of cryptic > error messages. Here's a view of the syslog: > > [snip] What I would do is add something like the following to /etc/hosts actual.ip.address.here filleserver.some.domain fileserver Hope this helps, Werther -- Just because you're paranoid it doesn't mean the world is not out to get you! Machen Sie aus 14 Cent spielend bis zu 100 Euro! Die neue Gaming-Area von Arcor - über 50 Onlinespiele im Angebot. http://www.arcor.de/rd/emf-gaming-1 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
sm-mta[386]: My unqualified host name ...
I recently installed a fileserver which is restricted to the internal network and which I refer to simply as 'fileserver' (pretty creative, right). However, sendmail doesn't seem to work correctly. When the machine boots and/or I try and send an email using sendmail, I get a bunch of cryptic error messages. Here's a view of the syslog: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tail /var/log/messages Nov 29 13:51:56 fileserver sm-mta[386]: My unqualified host name (fileserver) unknown; sleeping for retry Nov 29 13:52:56 fileserver sm-mta[386]: unable to qualify my own domain name (fileserver) -- using short name Nov 29 13:52:57 fileserver sm-msp-queue[390]: My unqualified host name (fileserver) unknown; sleeping for retry Nov 29 13:53:57 fileserver sm-msp-queue[390]: unable to qualify my own domain name (fileserver) -- using short name ... Nov 29 13:56:43 fileserver sendmail[565]: My unqualified host name (fileserver) unknown; sleeping for retry Nov 29 13:57:43 fileserver sendmail[565]: unable to qualify my own domain name (fileserver) -- using short name ... Can anyone please help me? -- Kiffin Rex Gish Gouda, The Netherlands ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: My unqualified host name (localhost) unknown; sleeping for retry
On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 06:34:37 -0800 (PST), Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gert Cuykens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > how do you fix this ? > > > > Feb 2 12:09:22 I sm-mta[699]: My unqualified host name (localhost) > > unknown; sle eping for retry > > Make sure the host's names (including localhost) are defined in > /etc/hosts, and that /etc/hosts is being used in name resolution > (on 5.3 that would be configuration via nsswitch.conf(5)). > thx it works now :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: My unqualified host name (localhost) unknown; sleeping for retry
Gert Cuykens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > how do you fix this ? > > Feb 2 12:09:22 I sm-mta[699]: My unqualified host name (localhost) > unknown; sle eping for retry Make sure the host's names (including localhost) are defined in /etc/hosts, and that /etc/hosts is being used in name resolution (on 5.3 that would be configuration via nsswitch.conf(5)). ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
My unqualified host name (localhost) unknown; sleeping for retry
how do you fix this ? Feb 2 12:09:22 I sm-mta[699]: My unqualified host name (localhost) unknown; sle eping for retry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
