Re: My unqualified host name
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 name "nyana" the DNS or in /etc/hosts? -- Jonathan Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Opportunities are seldom labeled ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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" Do you have any idea? Yes, 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 /etc/rc.conf to disable sendmail if you won't be using it... Regards, -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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 add > sendmail_enable="NONE" to /etc/rc.conf to disable sendmail ... There is another approach, which is to ignore the message. After something like 3 repetitions, at something like a minute apart, it will give up on qualifying its name. Everything seems to work just fine thereafter until the next boot, when the entire sequence repeats. This leads to the question of how to get sendmail -- or whatever -- into the state where it will eventually land after the 3-miunte delay, without the delay and the messages. It seems as if this ought not be all that difficult. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: My unqualified host name
I can't check it right now but I'll asap. - Original Message 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 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 name "nyana" the DNS or in /etc/hosts? -- Jonathan Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Opportunities are seldom labeled ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: My unqualified host name
This one is set in rc.conf but I'll check once again when I arrive home. - Original Message From: Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Dánielisz László <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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" > > Do you have any idea? Yes, 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 /etc/rc.conf to disable sendmail if you won't be using it... Regards, -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: My unqualified host name
True, the system boots without any problem but its annoying to wait for that failure. - Original Message From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 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 that up, or add > sendmail_enable="NONE" to /etc/rc.conf to disable sendmail ... There is another approach, which is to ignore the message. After something like 3 repetitions, at something like a minute apart, it will give up on qualifying its name. Everything seems to work just fine thereafter until the next boot, when the entire sequence repeats. This leads to the question of how to get sendmail -- or whatever -- into the state where it will eventually land after the 3-miunte delay, without the delay and the messages. It seems as if this ought not be all that difficult. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: My unqualified host name
Simple solution is to add hostname="nyana.com" to rc.conf then everything is happy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dánielisz László Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 2:40 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My unqualified host name True, the system boots without any problem but its annoying to wait for that failure. - Original Message From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 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 that up, or add > sendmail_enable="NONE" to /etc/rc.conf to disable sendmail ... There is another approach, which is to ignore the message. After something like 3 repetitions, at something like a minute apart, it will give up on qualifying its name. Everything seems to work just fine thereafter until the next boot, when the entire sequence repeats. This leads to the question of how to get sendmail -- or whatever -- into the state where it will eventually land after the 3-miunte delay, without the delay and the messages. It seems as if this ought not be all that difficult. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: My unqualified host name
[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 that up, or add > > sendmail_enable="NONE" to /etc/rc.conf to disable sendmail ... > > There is another approach, which is to ignore the message. After > something like 3 repetitions, at something like a minute apart, > it will give up on qualifying its name. Everything seems to work > just fine thereafter until the next boot, when the entire > sequence repeats. Respectfully, my gut reaction is this is, if not /bad/ practice, at least not /good/ practice. The requirements for geting sendmail to behave (at least in this regard) are not particularly onerous; why not just diagnose and fix the root problem? Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: My unqualified host name
As I promised I came back with the answer, he simple thing to stop sendmail on boot works and now I have no longer that annoying message :) - Original Message From: Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Dánielisz László <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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" > > Do you have any idea? Yes, 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 /etc/rc.conf to disable sendmail if you won't be using it... Regards, -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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 add > > > sendmail_enable="NONE" to /etc/rc.conf to disable sendmail ... > > > > There is another approach, which is to ignore the message. After > > something like 3 repetitions, at something like a minute apart, > > it will give up on qualifying its name. Everything seems to work > > just fine thereafter until the next boot, when the entire > > sequence repeats. > >Respectfully, my gut reaction is this is, if not /bad/ practice, > at least not /good/ practice. The requirements for geting sendmail > to behave (at least in this regard) are not particularly onerous; If sendmail *will not work properly* without a valid FQDN, that alone is onerous. See below. > 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! 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 foo.uucp nor even foo.bogus. I don't need sendmail to handle anything but purely local traffic, such as the periodic reports to root, and it's just fine for it to identify itself simply as foo. We were able to do things like this back in the days of SunOS 4, so why should it be difficult to accomplish today? Indeed, why should it not be the default mode of operation when hostname returns an unqualified name? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: My unqualified host name
> > 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" "unknown; sleeping for retry" you will get a lot of possible answers; some suggesting to add your unqualified host name in /etc/hosts. Best regards, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: My unqualified host name
> 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 still get the ~3 messages about a minute apart during boot. The first 4 lines of /etc/hosts look like: ::1localhost 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.200.61 foo 192.168.200.61 foo. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: My unqualified host name (localhost) unknown; sleeping for retry
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/hosts is being used in name resolution (on 5.3 that would be configuration via nsswitch.conf(5)). ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: My unqualified host name (localhost) unknown; sleeping for retry
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 for retry > > Make sure the host's names (including localhost) are defined in > /etc/hosts, and that /etc/hosts is being used in name resolution > (on 5.3 that would be configuration via nsswitch.conf(5)). > thx it works now :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
