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
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
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 fi
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
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]:
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
> 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 stil
> 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 fo
> > 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" "un
> > > > "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
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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&qu
[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 th
4, 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 th
6 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 ad
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
I can't check it right now but I'll asap.
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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 T
> > "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 /e
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
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 nam
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
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> 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 anythin
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.
d 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 w
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.
T
> 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 /
. 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) unk
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 followi
unch 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)
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
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/host
how do you fix this ?
Feb 2 12:09:22 I sm-mta[699]: My unqualified host name (localhost)
unknown; sle eping for retry
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