when i have the daemon function in /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions echo back the command it is hanging on, i get this: nice -n 0 initlog -q -c "/usr/sbin/sendmail -bd -q1h" && success "sendmail startup" || failure "sendmail startup" is there a way i can get more descriptive error messages out of sendmail ? ? ? thanks again edb ----- Forwarded message from "Ed.Q.Bridges" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 13:32:50 -0400 > From: "Ed.Q.Bridges" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: sendmail can't identify hostname > > > for some reason i haven't been able to determine, > when init is running it's startup scripts it freezes > on the start script for sendmail. > > initlog is displaying this: > Aug 11 13:16:23 lazy sendmail[1713]: My unqualified host name (lazy) unknown; >sleeping for retry > > lazy is the hostname of the machine, i.e. both of these display: > bash$ cat /etc/HOSTNAME > lazy > bash$ hostname > lazy > > this is a RH6.2 machine: > bash$ uname -a > Linux lazy 2.2.16 #19 Thu Jul 27 13:06:58 EDT 2000 i686 unknown > > the machine basically locks up during boot, forcing a cold > restart (i guess cause it keeps "sleeping for retry" whatever > that means :) ). > > any help is _greatly_ appreciated!! > > thanks!!! > --edb > > ----- End forwarded message -----
