qualify my own domain

[Jeff Hagstrom]

The system console gets this message all the time.
(10/02/02) hpk460 sendmail[1234123]: unable to qualify my own domain name(hpk460)-- using short name.
Why? and how can I fix it?

[Scott Van Kalken]

The following is from the /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file which is the sendmail configuration file:

For example, if you see this warning: #
# #
# WARNING: local host name (sys1) is not qualified; fix $j in config file #
# #
# then you need to uncomment the Dj macro and add your domain. #
# #
# Change the line: #
# #Dj$w.Foo.COM #
# to #
# Dj$w.hp.com

[S.K. Chan]

The fully qualified name resolution need to be fixed. Check the following doc.
DocID=KBRC00003446
http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000063209264
Hope it helps ..

[MANOJ SRIVASTAVA]

Hi Jeff


in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf


lines around 80


#
# My official domain name or Fully Qualified Domain Name - FQDN (Dj): #
# #
# This is required only if sendmail cannot automatically determine your #
# domain. If you are not using DNS, and the official host name (ie, #
# the first entry in /etc/hosts following your IP address) is not a #
# fully-qualified host name, then sendmail will have difficulty resolving #
# your domain name. You MUST modify the $j macro by replacing .Foo.COM #
# with your actual domain name. If you do not, you will see a warning #
# message in your syslog, that might even get echo'd to your console #
# when sendmail starts up. #
# #
# For example, if you see this warning: #
# #
# WARNING: local host name (sys1) is not qualified; fix $j in config file #
# #
# then you need to uncomment the Dj macro and add your domain. #
# #
# Change the line: #
# #Dj$w.Foo.COM #
# to #
# Dj$w.hp.com #
# #
# where hp.com would be the name of your domain. Then that warning #
# message will go away. #
#



stop and restart the sendmail


i think if you do a vi /etc/mauil/sendmail.cf and read the first 2 page u willg et the answer.


Manoj Srivastava

[Jeff Hagstrom]

I did read the sendmail.fg doc and I do sort of understand. I made the change and we'll see if it stops the message.

[MANOJ SRIVASTAVA]

Also do stop and restart the daemon

/sbin.init.d/sendmail stop
/sbin/init.d/sendamil start



Manoj Srivastava

[Norman_21]

Hi Jeff,

You may look at the following fle to start the sendmail again after doing the changes
for you already have the answer to fix the problem.

/etc/mail/sendmail.pid
inside the sendmail.pid:
/usr/sbin/sendmail -bd -q30m

[V. V. Ravi Kumar_1]

hi,
in ur /etc/hosts put complete qualified domain name.
ex:
x.x.x.x hpk460 hpk460.
try this
regds
ravi

[Khalid A. Al-Tayaran]

Hi,

Just a clarification to V. V. Ravi Kumar's solotion:

in /etc/hosts:

IP severName severName.company.com

Also works....

[Balaji N]

Hi,

Is it already fixed.

If not the easiest solution would be to add a "." to the end of the hostname as the alias in the /etc/hosts file. Restart sendmail after that.

Ex:

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx hpk460 hpk460.

Read this some time back here and has been the easiest one for me rather than editing the sendmail.cf file.

Regards
Balaji

[Tor-Arne Nostdal]

It could be that you dont have your host defined with the full domain name in the /etc/hosts file.

Example.
Hostname=myhost
Domain name=hagstrom.com

In /etc/hosts:
192.222.222.222 myhost MYHOST myhost.hagstrom.com

In sendmail.cf:
Check that the Dj variable is defined like this.
Dj$w.hagstrom.com