Errors in rc.log

[Bob Ferro]

When I start or stop sendmail, I received the attach errors. Also, i receive these errors in rc.log for kminit, hostname, etc. I contactec HP but no answers yet. Can someone shed some light?

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi,

can you post the sendmail start script as attachment?

thanks,

Michael

[Shaikh Imran]

Hi,
This Purely seems to be the Patch Problem.
Just serch for the latest sendmail patch depending on your O.S. version and install it.

Regards,

[Victor Fridyev]

Hi,

It looks like you have a problem with a file in /etc/rc.config.d directory.
Look at the string
. /etc/rc.config
in the /sbin/init.d/sendmail file and read the file /etc/rc.config.

Good luck

[Bob Ferro]

Thanks for responding. This is not just a sendmail problem. It seems to be a system msg. When the system is boot, the rc.log contains the following but not just these:

Initialize loadable modules
Output from "/sbin/rc1.d/S112kminit start":
----------------------------
/sbin/rc1.d/S112kminit[206]: udp: not found.
/sbin/rc1.d/S112kminit[206]: tcp: not found.
/sbin/rc1.d/S112kminit[206]: ticlts: not found.
/sbin/rc1.d/S112kminit[206]: ticotsord: not found.
/sbin/rc1.d/S112kminit[206]: ticots: not found.
* All configured modules are registered successfully.

NOTE: Module status

Name ID Status Type
=====================================================
krm 1 UNLOADED WSIO

Setting hostname
Output from "/sbin/rc1.d/S320hostname start":
----------------------------
/sbin/rc1.d/S320hostname[36]: udp: not found.
/sbin/rc1.d/S320hostname[36]: tcp: not found.
/sbin/rc1.d/S320hostname[36]: ticlts: not found.
/sbin/rc1.d/S320hostname[36]: ticotsord: not found.
/sbin/rc1.d/S320hostname[36]: ticots: not found.

When I issue the /sbin/init.d/sendmail command, I received the following:

Output from sendmail start/stop script:
/sbin/init.d/sendmail[37]: udp: not found.
/sbin/init.d/sendmail[37]: tcp: not found.
/sbin/init.d/sendmail[37]: ticlts: not found.
/sbin/init.d/sendmail[37]: ticotsord: not found.
/sbin/init.d/sendmail[37]: ticots: not found.

Snedmail script is attached.

[Geoff Wild]

What's the contents of:

/etc/rc.config

What's the permissions on /etc/rc.config.d

Mine is:

drwxr-xr-x 2 bin bin 8192 Mar 17 12:07 rc.config.d

It almost sounds like some services are not running - can you telnet to box?

Rgds...Geoff

[Bob Ferro]

Permissions are the same as yours. Rc.config ia attached. I will check which services did not start.

Thanks

[Bob Ferro]

There was a file /etc/rc.config.d/netconfig with the 5 entries in it. I renamed this file to netconfig.save, stopped and started sendmail and the 5 error msgs went away. I don't know what created this file or what it is used for. Can someone shed some light on this?

Thanks again

[James A. Donovan]

If you look at the sendmail startup script you'll see the following lines:

if [ -f /etc/rc.config ] ; then
. /etc/rc.config

This sources a file called rc.config, which in turn sources all the configuration files in the /etc/rc.config.d directory, including that netconfig file. The error messages were being generated by this process.

Any startup script which sourced /etc/rc.config would generate these errors.

[Patrick Wallek]

If the file netconfig.save is not needed, GET IT OUT OF THE /etc/rc.config.d directory.

There should NEVER be ANY backup files, save files, or any files other than files that are needed in /etc/rc.config.d. ALL files in this directory get sourced. If you have a bad file in there, even if it is named something.save, then you could see unexpected results when the system boots.

Keep that directory clean.

[Bob Ferro]

thanks

[Fredrik Hansson]

I'm new on UNIX and I've got the same problem. I also get "not found" in my rc.log file.
This is a part of the script file that generates the not-found messages. my script file (sorry about the swedish...):

...
if [ -x $STARTSCRIPT ]; then
echo "Fredrik testar ls -lrt"
ls -lrt
echo "Fredrik testar ll"
ll
echo "Fredrik testar ls"
ls
su - sas -c "$STARTSCRIPT start"
set_return
echo $NAME "started."
else

... script continues...

This is what comes out in my rc.log


...

Start SAS Metadata Server
Output from "/sbin/rc3.d/S700sas_metadataserver start":
----------------------------
Fredrik testar ls -lrt
total 5548
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 965 Nov 14 2000 .profile
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 96 Aug 28 2006 lost+found
dr-xr-xr-x 23 bin bin 8192 Aug 28 2006 usr
<-- I 've cut some rows here 2 save space -->
drwx------ 2 root root 96 Apr 4 12:10 .ssh
dr-xr-xr-x 16 bin bin 8192 Apr 4 12:12 dev
drwxrwxrwx 9 bin bin 8192 Apr 4 12:13 tmp

Fredrik testar ll
/sbin/rc3.d/S700sas_metadataserver[50]: ll: not found

Fredrik testar ls
.ICEauthority
.TTauthority
.Xauthority
.dt
<-- I 've cut some rows here 2 save space -->
tmp_mnt
usr
var

/sbin/rc3.d/S700sas_metadataserver[53]: su: not found

ERROR CODE 127
SAS Metadata Server started.
"/sbin/rc3.d/S700sas_metadataserver start" FAILED

... rc.log continues...

1. Is my problem also junk in the /etc/rc.config.d/ directory?
2. How can I figure out what file(s) that aren't supposed to be there?
3. How can strange files in that folder affect the execution of my scripts?
4. How can ls -lrt work an not ll?

I have attached the startupscript and the rc.log file. I think the neccessary information is pasted in this post though.

[Dennis Handly]

>Fredrik: I'm new on UNIX

Since you can't award points, you should start your own thread.

Basically your problem is that in a RC script, your path is probably set to /usr/sbin/.
That has ls(1) but not ll(1). You would have to use ls -l. Or if you know that /usr/bin is mounted, you can add that to the path.

>1. Is my problem also junk in the /etc/rc.config.d/ directory?

Yes, never do that.

>2. How can I figure out what file(s) that aren't supposed to be there?

Look what you changed.

>3. How can strange files in that folder affect the execution of my scripts?

Because that's the way it works. ALL files are sourced.

>4. How can ls -lrt work an not ll?

See comments about about /usr/sbin.

[Dennis Handly]

Oops, that was:
See comments above about /usr/sbin.

When you create a new thread, you can paste in the link of a previous one if that would help explain your new one better.

[Fredrik Hansson]

Thank you Mr. Handly!

You were right about the path thing. When I added the path you suggested it worked.

I'm sorry I can't give you any points for your answer. I promise, next time I'll start an own thread.

Best regards

Fredrik Hansson

[Dennis Handly]

>I'm sorry I can't give you any points for your answer. I promise, next time I'll start an own thread.

Well, if you want to be a nice guy, you can open a new thread and I can re-respond to it. ;-)

[Fredrik Hansson]

Done. Go to:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1115254
to collect your points