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
> 
> 

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