Re: [foxboro] sendmail problems after system upgrade

On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 09:39:21AM -0400, Simpelaar, Marco wrote:
> Stan,
> 
> Check your /etc/rc2.d directory. Very likely the "S88sendmail" script is
> named
> "s88sendmail". Notice the lowercase "s". That means that sendmail is not
> started by default anymore.

Thanks, you hit the nail on the head on that one.

> 
> And the answer to your next problem: add a domain name to your hostfile.
> 
> So the "151.128.8.65 AW5101" entry in the /etc/hosts file should look like
> "151.128.8.65 AW5101 AW5101."
> Notice the dot and the end of the line, that is part of the syntax.
> Letterbug and IP address are examples ofcourse..
> 
> After you start sendmail it will start complaining in /var/adm/messages
> about "unqualified hostname". That's why you 
> need to edit your hostfile.

This part, though seesm to still be a bit problematic.

Heres the equivilant line from a 6.1.2 machine on which mail _is working:

151.128.8.68    AP0550

So, as you can see it _des not_ have this entry. neverthless, I added it to
the "upgraded" AW like this:

151.128.8.66    AW0400 AW0400.

The mail on the machines is sent to an address like stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
pmail.our_co.com is defined in /etc/hosts on the AW, and I can ping it
using this name. It's the machine that accepts mail from all of our contro
systems, so I know it's OK on that end. So. having started sendmail byt
running /etc/rc2.d/S98sendmail start I tried to send a message to this
address, and got the following in /var/log/syslog:

ug 27 10:15:32 AW0400 sendmail[5916]: KAA05916: from=root, size=267,
class=0, pri=30267, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200308271015.KAA05916@.>,
relay=root@localhost
Aug 27 10:15:32 AW0400 sendmail[5918]: KAA05916:
to=stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ctladdr=root (0/1), delay=00:00:00,
xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, relay=mailhost., stat=Host unknown (Name
server: mailhost.: host not found)
Aug 27 10:15:32 AW0400 sendmail[5918]: KAA05916: KAA05918: DSN: Host
unknown (Name server: mailhost.: host not found)
Aug 27 10:15:32 AW0400 sendmail[5918]: KAA05918:
to=stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00,
mailer=relay, relay=mailhost., stat=Host unknown (Name server: mailhost.:
host not found)
Aug 27 10:15:32 AW0400 sendmail[5918]: KAA05918: KAB05918: return to
sender: Host unknown (Name server: mailhost.: host not found)
Aug 27 10:15:32 AW0400 sendmail[5918]: KAB05918:
to=stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00,
mailer=relay, relay=mailhost., stat=Host unknown (Name server: mailhost.:
host not found)
Aug 27 10:15:32 AW0400 sendmail[5918]: KAA05918: Saved message in
/usr/tmp/dead.letter

So, what else might be wrong here?

Again thanks for the prompt reply!
> 
> Marco.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: stan [mailto:stanb@xxxxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: woensdag 27 augustus 2003 15:03
> > To: Foxboro List
> > Subject: [foxboro] sendmail problems after system upgrade
> > 
> > 
> > Yesterday our Foxboro field services guy "upgraded" one of 
> > our nodes from software version 6.1.2 to version 6.5. I've 
> > got most of the resultant breakge fixed, but I gave a 
> > remaining issue with mail. 
> > 
> > I've always just added a line like:
> > 
> > xxx.xx.x.x          mailhost
> > 
> > to /etc/hosts, that points to a corporate machine that will 
> > accept mail for relaying. I've re-added this line to etc 
> > host, and I'm able to ping it from the AW, but I'm getting 
> > messages like this in /var/log/syslog
> > 
> > Aug 27 08:59:35 AW0400 sendmail[5537]: GAA11741: IVE05537: 
> > DSN: Host unknown (Name server: mailhost.: host not found) 
> > Aug 27 08:59:35 AW0400 sendmail[5537]: IVE05537: 
> > to=stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, delay=00:00:00, 
> > xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, relay=mailhost., stat=Host 
> > unkno  wn (Name server: mailhost.: host not found)  Aug 27 
> > 08:59:35 AW0400 sendmail[5537]: IVE05537: IVF05537: return to 
> > sender: Hos t unknown (Name server: mailhost.: host not 
> > found)  Aug 27 08:59:35 AW0400 sendmail[5537]: IVF05537: 
> > to=stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, delay=00:00:00, 
> > xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, relay=mailhost., stat=Host 
> > unkno wn (Name server: mailhost.: host not found)
> >   Aug 27 08:59:35 AW0400 sendmail[5537]: IVE05537: Saved 
> > message in /usr/tmp/dead.  letter
> > 
> > also, on other machines, if I do a ps -ef and grep for "send", I get:
> > 
> > root   966     1  0   Mar 04 ?        0:19 /usr/lib/sendmail -bd -q1h
> > 
> > Which I don't get on the downgraded (excuse me upgraded) system.
> > 
> > I was wondering if anyone on the list had any insight, before 
> > I spend a lot of time diagnosing this problem.
> > 
> > Thanks for any help.
> > 
> > 
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