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тАО02-20-2001 12:53 AM
тАО02-20-2001 12:53 AM
The following message flashes on my server screen every 10 minutes:
Feb 20 04:30:01 servername sendmail[2325]: unable to qualify my own domain name (servername) -- using short name
Does anyone know how to disable/resolve it (other than switching off the screen) or whether there are any repercussions to not being able to qualify the domain name?
appreciate any help :)
robert
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тАО02-20-2001 12:56 AM
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тАО02-20-2001 12:58 AM
тАО02-20-2001 12:58 AM
Re: unable to qualify my own domain name
Perform an nslookup servername.
Check that
1) Entries for the DNS server is present in /etc/resolv.conf and your servername can be resolved by the DNS.
2) /etc/hosts contain your servername entry.
3) /etc/nsswitch.conf contains the correct sequence for hosts: line eg. hosts: files [NOTFOUND=continue] dns.
Hope this helps. Regards.
Steven Sim Kok Leong
Brainbench MVP for Unix Admin
http://www.brainbench.com
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тАО02-20-2001 01:09 AM
тАО02-20-2001 01:09 AM
Re: unable to qualify my own domain name
That warning should be coming out of the sendmail program startup. To fix that try the following steps,
1. edit /etc/mail/sendmail.cf, locate the line containing "Dj$w.hp.com", change that to "Dj$w." then uncomment that line.
2. edit /etc/hosts, locate your hostname entry, at the line end append "
3. now restart sendmail by "/sbin/init.d/sendmail stop" follow by "/sbin/init.d/sendmail start", if you don't see the warning message then the problem has been fixed.
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тАО02-20-2001 01:15 AM
тАО02-20-2001 01:15 AM
Re: unable to qualify my own domain name
Just saw under the comment part of /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file some description on warnings about un-qualified domain name. Take a look at that.
Cheers,
Philip
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тАО02-20-2001 01:27 AM
тАО02-20-2001 01:27 AM
Re: unable to qualify my own domain name
You use a shortname instead of a qualified name.
You need an alias for your shortname.
1) vi /etc/hosts
change the line:
your_ip_nummer your_hp your_hp.
(Don't forget the dot on the end)
2)vi /etc/mail/sendmail.cw
Add your_hp. to this file
It looks like:
localhost
your_hp
your_hp.
3) restart the sendmail deamon
/sbin/init.d/sendmail stop
/sbin/init.d/sendmail start
I hope it helps
Marcel
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тАО02-20-2001 05:11 AM
тАО02-20-2001 05:11 AM