Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4348 mails)

[Jim Bonnet <jimbo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ben Rosenberg wrote:
> * Kees Bergwerf (c.bergwerf@xxxxxxxxx) [021022 11:18]:
> ->Sendmail gives trouble :-(
> ->
> ->linux:/etc/rc.d # ./sendmail restart
> ->Shutting down SMTP portkillproc: Usage:
> ->        killproc [-v] [-t<sec>] [-g|-G] [-SIG] /full/path/to/program
> ->        killproc -l
> ->killproc: Usage:
> ->        killproc [-v] [-t<sec>] [-g|-G] [-SIG] /full/path/to/program
> ->        killproc -l
> ->                                                           failed
> ->Initializing SMTP port (sendmail)startproc: Usage:
> ->        startproc [+/-<prio>] [-s] [-u uid] [-g gid] [-v] [-l log_file|-q] 
> ->/full/path/to/program
> ->startproc: Option -f requires pid file to read pid from
> ->                                                           failed
> ->What is happening? Why does sendmail not work?
> ->With ''sendmail -q'' the mailqueue is not emptied
>
>
> Try 'rcsendmail stop|start|restart'. The above isn't the proper way on
> most any system to restart sendmail. :)

huh? rcsendmail is a link to /etc/init.d/sendmail
/etc/rc.d/sendmail is identical to /etc/init.d/sendmail

so why is what he is doing wrong?

as far as his problem:
can you start sendmail by hand?

/usr/sbin/sendmail -bd

what errors do you get if it fails...If it doesnt fail then you need to 
look at why the script is failing.. set -x maybe in the script?

Jim
suse8.0