topic Re: recursion too deep in Operating System - HP-UX

recursion too deep

Sanjiv Sharma_1 — Fri, 30 May 2003 05:41:32 GMT

Hi,

I have a K360/HP-UX 10.20.

When I manuall stop the sendmail it gives a message "recursion too deep" and doesn't stop sendmail.

What is this error and what needs to be done to resolve this?

Thanks,

Re: recursion too deep

Robin Wakefield — Fri, 30 May 2003 06:13:28 GMT

Hi,

Possibly you've got a macro definition problem, i.e. one macro text contains another macro, but this macro refers back to the original macro, so you get excessive recursion.

Post your sendmail.cf if possible.

rgds, Robin

Re: recursion too deep

Sanjiv Sharma_1 — Fri, 30 May 2003 07:05:27 GMT

Hi Robin,

I have attached my sendmail.cf.

Re: recursion too deep

Sanjiv Sharma_1 — Fri, 30 May 2003 07:05:52 GMT

Hi Robin,

I have attached my sendmail.cf.

Re: recursion too deep

Sanjiv Sharma_1 — Fri, 30 May 2003 07:26:33 GMT

Hi,

# cd /etc/mail
# mv sendmail.cf org.sendmail.cf
# /sbin/init.d/sendmail stop
/sbin/init.d/sendmail[116]: .: recursion too deep.

Even if the sendmail.cf file is not available it gives the same error.

I have copied sendmail.cf from another server but still the same error when I try to stop sendmail.

Any idea?

Re: recursion too deep

Paula J Frazer-Campbell — Fri, 30 May 2003 08:52:17 GMT

Hi

Try sendmail start

then sendmail stop

Paula

Re: recursion too deep

Bruno Vidal — Fri, 30 May 2003 10:09:04 GMT

Hi,
It sound like that you have bad file under /etc/rc.config.d
ie: [116] mean error at line 116 of this script.
Go and look at this line: it is:
. /etc/rc.config

-> it source all files under /etc/rc.config.d
Under this directory you shouldn't have any scripts, it should be only variables. Try to execute . /etc/rc.config and try to add a set -x in it in order to find which files is wrong.
Good luck.

Re: recursion too deep

Michael Steele_2 — Fri, 30 May 2003 11:24:20 GMT

See if you have duplicate files in /etc/rc.config.d, most notably for sendmail.

Here's are two related links for 'recursion too deep' and sendmail was not indicated in either:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x184eaf48a9e5d5118ff40090279cd0f9,00.html

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xadba3a7b3682d611abdb0090277a778c,00.html

Re: recursion too deep

Sridhar Bhaskarla — Fri, 30 May 2003 12:53:20 GMT

Hi Sanjiv,

Look at your /etc/rc.config.d/mailsvrs script. Make sure it is not the same as /sbin/init.d/sendmail script. Basically it should not have anything other than the following.

SENDMAIL_SERVER=1
export SENDMAIL_SERVER_NAME=

+ some comments.

-Sri

Re: recursion too deep

Bill Hassell — Fri, 30 May 2003 13:36:31 GMT

If you are using the sendmail start/stop script, run the script in debug mode and see what happens at the end:

sh -x /sbin/init.d/sendmail stop

You may see the script calling something unexpected or following a strange PATH location.

Re: recursion too deep

Martin Robinson — Mon, 02 Jun 2003 07:31:07 GMT

At a guess from the message you have posted, /etc/rc.config is itself calling /etc/r.config - hence 'recursion too deep'.