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sendmail and hosts config issue

 
Rajesh G. Ghone
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sendmail and hosts config issue

Hello All,

I am having host entry in /etc/hosts & /etc/mail/sendmail.cw.
still i am getting an error message "unable to qualify my own domain name"
can somebody help me??

Regards.
Rajesh Ghone
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Bill McNAMARA_1
Honored Contributor

Re: sendmail and hosts config issue

did you stop and restart sendmail?

It works for me (tm)
Paula J Frazer-Campbell
Honored Contributor

Re: sendmail and hosts config issue

Hi

In your host file put another alias for the host followed by a full stop

ie

xx.xx.xx.xx hostname hostname.


Paula
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V. V. Ravi Kumar_1
Respected Contributor

Re: sendmail and hosts config issue

hi,
in /etc/hosts put the host entry as follows.


172.25.1.3 hpdev.cmcltd.com hpdev

Regards
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Michael Steele_2
Honored Contributor

Re: sendmail and hosts config issue

Quick test is with 'nslookup'. Verify both:

nslookup hostname

nslookup ip

Use 'set_parms ip_address' / 'set_parms hostname' for ease of use. This self driven application takes all the worry out of it. Note the reboot.
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James R. Ferguson
Acclaimed Contributor

Re: sendmail and hosts config issue

Hi:

The usual condition for seeing this messages is a server that is *not* running DNS. Technical Knowledge Base docuement #KBRC00002236 offers the corrective procedure.

Regards!

...JRF...