According to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
> How about a truss -f?
>
> That might tell you why the spawned process is dying.
>
> Also, you might want to quote the log files exactly next time. As a long-time user
> of qmail you may be aware of how confusing a paraphrased error can be to people
> trying to help you.
>
>
> Regards.
You're abosultely right - my apologies. Here is the output of truss:
# truss /var/qmail/bin/qmail-start ./Mailbox
...
0write(0, " 0", 1) = 1
/write(0, " /", 1) = 1
10write(0, " 1 0", 2) = 2
remote write(0, " r e m o t e ", 8) = 8
0write(0, " 0", 1) = 1
/write(0, " /", 1) = 1
20write(0, " 2 0", 2) = 2
write(0, "\n", 1) = 1
time() = 952033073
open("lock/trigger", O_RDONLY|O_NDELAY) = 8
time() = 952033073
time() = 952033073
poll(0xFFFFFFFF7FFFB630, 3, 0) = 2
time() = 952033073
read(2, 0x100118448, 2048) = 0
alert: oh no! lost spawn connection! dying...
write(0, " a l e r t : o h n o".., 46) = 46
read(4, 0x100118448, 2048) = 0
alert: oh no! lost spawn connection! dying...
write(0, " a l e r t : o h n o".., 46) = 46
open("mess/0", O_RDONLY|O_NDELAY) = 9
fcntl(9, F_SETFD, 0x00000001) = 0
fstat(9, 0xFFFFFFFF7FFFB430) = 0
utime("remote/14/6791", 0xFFFFFFFF7FFFB770) = 0
status: exiting
write(0, " s t a t u s : e x i t".., 16) = 16
_exit(0)
Here is exact syslog entries:
Mar 2 16:35:45 m67 qmail: 952032945.637216 alert: oh no! lost spawn connection!
dying...
Mar 2 16:35:45 m67 qmail: 952032945.637536 alert: oh no! lost spawn connection!
dying...
--curtis
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 02, 2000 at 02:05:41PM -0500, Curtis Generous wrote:
> > Has anyone been successful in getting QMAIL-1.03 to run on a SPARC running
> > Solaris 7, and compiled using the Sun C compiler? Here is my environment:
> >
> > This is SUN Netra T1 running Solaris 7:
> >
> > m67[admin]% uname -a
> > SunOS m67 5.7 Generic_106541-08 sun4u sparc SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi-cEngine
> >
> >
> > Here are my compile time flags in conf-cc:
> >
> > cc -fast -xO4 -xdepend -xarch=v9
> >
> >
> > This is the C compiler being used:
> >
> > m67[admin]% which cc
> > /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc
> >
> > m67[admin]% cc -V
> > cc: WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C 5.0
> >
> >
> > I can't get qmail started. When I invoke the standard /var/qmail/rc script, it
> > exits immediately, with the following error logged in SYSLOG:
> >
> > qmail-send lost spawn connection, died.
> >
> > Any ideas or suggestions? I have built qmail many times under Solaris
> > 2.6 so am very familiar with the build process. The 'make setup check'
> > went without a hitch. I haven't seen this error before and nothing in
> > the archives game any insights.
> >
> > TIA,
> >
