>
> > Date: Friday, July 28, 2023 12:12:04 +0200
> > From: Patrick Dupre <[email protected]>
> >
> > Sorry, I am wrong.
> > crond is OK,
> > but sendmail is wrong.
> >
> > Subject: Unit failed
> > ░░ Defined-By: systemd
> > ░░ Support:
> > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel ░░
> > ░░ The unit sendmail.service has entered the 'failed' state
> > with result 'timeout'. Jul 28 12:08:42 homere systemd[1]: Failed to
> > start sendmail.service - Sendmail Mail Transport Agent. ░░
> > Subject: A start job for unit sendmail.service has failed ░░
> > Defined-By: systemd
> > ░░ Support:
> > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel ░░
> > ░░ A start job for unit sendmail.service has finished with a
> > failure. ░░
> > ░░ The job identifier is 19979 and the job result is failed.
> >
> >
> > systemctl status sendmail
> > × sendmail.service - Sendmail Mail Transport Agent
> > Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/sendmail.service;
> > enabled; preset: disabled) Drop-In:
> > /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
> > └─10-timeout-abort.conf
> > Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Fri 2023-07-28 12:08:42
> > CEST; 2min 45s ago Process: 76753 ExecStartPre=/etc/mail/make
> > (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 76754
> > ExecStartPre=/etc/mail/make aliases (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
> > Process: 76758 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/sendmail -bd $SENDMAIL_OPTS
> > $SENDMAIL_OPTARG (code=killed, signal=TERM) CPU: 10ms
> >
> > Jul 28 12:07:57 homere systemd[1]: Starting sendmail.service -
> > Sendmail Mail Transport Agent... Jul 28 12:07:57 homere
> > sendmail[76758]: My unqualified host name (homere) unknown;
> > sleeping for retry Jul 28 12:08:42 homere systemd[1]:
> > sendmail.service: start operation timed out. Terminating. Jul 28
> > 12:08:42 homere systemd[1]: sendmail.service: Failed with result
> > 'timeout'. Jul 28 12:08:42 homere systemd[1]: Failed to start
> > sendmail.service - Sendmail Mail Transport Agent.
> >
> >>
>
> Sendmail wants a system name that resolves, not just a hostname that
> doesn't. Ideally this would be a FQDN. If you are only sending this
> mail to your local systems you could potentially deal with this by
> putting the hostname in the local machine's /etc/hosts file and then
> adjusting things so that your target system will accept mail from
> names that don't resolve.
>
> Jul 28 12:07:57 homere sendmail[76758]: My unqualified host name
> (homere) unknown; sleeping for retry
> Jul 28 12:08:42 homere systemd[1]: sendmail.service: start operation
> timed out. Terminating.
> Jul 28 12:08:42 homere systemd[1]: sendmail.service: Failed with
> result 'timeout'.
>
I have the same /etc/hosts on 2 machines
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
::1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
In one case
/etc/hostname
Teucidide
systemctl status sendmail
● sendmail.service - Sendmail Mail Transport Agent
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/sendmail.service; enabled; preset:
disabled)
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
└─10-timeout-abort.conf
Active: active (running) since Fri 2023-07-28 13:59:53 CEST; 8min ago
Process: 37330 ExecStartPre=/etc/mail/make (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 37333 ExecStartPre=/etc/mail/make aliases (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 37337 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/sendmail -bd $SENDMAIL_OPTS
$SENDMAIL_OPTARG (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 37338 (sendmail)
Tasks: 1 (limit: 9309)
Memory: 3.5M
CPU: 312ms
CGroup: /system.slice/sendmail.service
└─37338 "sendmail: accepting connections"
Jul 28 13:59:53 Teucidide systemd[1]: Starting sendmail.service - Sendmail Mail
Transport Agent...
Jul 28 13:59:53 Teucidide sendmail[37338]: starting daemon (8.17.1):
SMTP+queueing@01:00:00
Jul 28 13:59:53 Teucidide systemd[1]: sendmail.service: Can't open PID file
/run/sendmail.pid (yet?) after start: No such file or directory
Jul 28 13:59:53 Teucidide systemd[1]: Started sendmail.service - Sendmail Mail
Transport Agent.
In the other case
/etc/hostname
homere
× sendmail.service - Sendmail Mail Transport Agent
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/sendmail.service; enabled; preset:
disabled)
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
└─10-timeout-abort.conf
Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Fri 2023-07-28 12:08:42 CEST; 1h
53min ago
Process: 76753 ExecStartPre=/etc/mail/make (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 76754 ExecStartPre=/etc/mail/make aliases (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 76758 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/sendmail -bd $SENDMAIL_OPTS
$SENDMAIL_OPTARG (code=killed, signal=TERM)
CPU: 10ms
Jul 28 12:07:57 homere systemd[1]: Starting sendmail.service - Sendmail Mail
Transport Agent...
Jul 28 12:07:57 homere sendmail[76758]: My unqualified host name (homere)
unknown; sleeping for retry
Jul 28 12:08:42 homere systemd[1]: sendmail.service: start operation timed out.
Terminating.
Jul 28 12:08:42 homere systemd[1]: sendmail.service: Failed with result
'timeout'.
Jul 28 12:08:42 homere systemd[1]: Failed to start sendmail.service - Sendmail
Mail Transport Agent.
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