sendmail rc.log error

[Manuel G]

Hi:

Our starting process fails with sendmail daemon:

Starting mail daemon
Output from "/sbin/rc2.d/S540sendmail start":
----------------------------
WARNING: local host name (contal17) is not qualified; fix $j in config file
WARNING: writable directory /etc
WARNING: writable directory /etc
/etc/mail/aliases: 6 aliases, longest 9 bytes, 76 bytes total
sendmail


Does anyone know how to fix it?

Thanks.

[Steve Steel]

Hi

1) /etc should be

dr-xr-xr-x 25 bin bin 5120 Jul 6 2001 /etc

2)Non qualified name

a)I always recommend a copy of each original
file by copying to a backup file name, "just in case"...)

2b. /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file:

Modify "Dj" to "Dj$w".

2c. /etc/hosts file:

For the local host, include a "." for the alias; for example, if "host1" is the local host, enter:

host1 host1. <--- hostname followed by "."

2d. Restart SendMail.

3. If you are only using hosts consider setting up DNS


Steve Steel

[Shahul]

Hi

First U check up Ur hostname is fully qualified or not. Then check up the configuration /etc/rc.config.d/mailservs and the alias list from /etc/mail/alias file. After correcting these please try starting sendmail daemon manually. For that follow this

#cd /sbin/init.d
#sendmail start

Best of luck
Shahul

[Corthouts Carlo]

Hi,

1) In the /etc/hosts file
define an alias for your
host like :
xx.xx.xx.xx contal17 contal17.
Make sure there is a point
after the hostname.

Next change Dj$w.Foo.COM
in the sendmail.cf to
Dj$w.


2) make sure the permissions
for /etc are the default ones "dr-xr-xr-x"


Restart your sendmail daemon

[Craig Rants]

In /etc/mail/sendmail.cf change
# my official domain name
# ... define this only if sendmail cannot automatically determine your domain
#Dj$w.Foo.COM

to

# my official domain name
# ... define this only if sendmail cannot automatically determine your domain
Dj$w.yourdomain.com


then restart sendmail.

GL,
C