sendmail

[Donna Powell]

I just loaded 11.00 on a NCLASS and a LCLASS, along with all necessary patches. Now I am getting an error message regarding sendmail.

This is the error:
develop sendmail [28297] :unable to qualify my own domain name (develop) -- using short name

This error repeats over and over again. Can someone tell me what I need to fix to stop this error message

[Helen French]

This might be a name resolving issue. Check this document for a possible solution (TKB# KBRC00003446):

http://support1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000051400158

[PIYUSH D. PATEL · Accepted solution]

Hi,

you have not configured your domain name.

Pls issue a # domainname command and find out.

Also issue

# nslookup ipaddress

and find out whether your domain name gets resolved or not.

If your domain name is not configured then issue

In /etc/resolv.conf put

domain domainname

# set_parms addln_netwrk

and set the domain name

Or else go to /etc/hosts and

18.1.2.3. hostname.xxx.com

put the fully qualified hostname.

HTH,
Piyush
Pls reply.

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Donna,

Couple of things:

1) If you haven't setup & don't plan to use DNS - then make sure your /etc/hosts file contains the fully qualified domain name - EX

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx shortname shortname.company.com

Or vice-versa. The key is BOTH short & full name or in there.

2) If you do plan to use DNS then get your /etc/resolv.conf & /etc/nsswitch.conf files setup AND make sure this hosts's FQDN is in your DNS server - should also do #1 above - just to cover if the DNS servers are unavailable.

3) If you don't plan on using sendmail - then don't start it at boot.
Edit /etc/rc.config.d/mailservs
and set SENDAMIL_SERVER=0
Then it won't start which tries to fully qualify the local hostname.

HTH,
Jeff

[Donna Powell]

Thanks Piyush
Your suggestions solved the problem. I must have looked at that file 3 times. I was searching the wrong domain.

[Donna Powell]

Also, Thanks Jeff -

I son't plan in using sendmail, so i will turn that option off at start-up