Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 12:19:49 -0700 From: Fred Condo <fred@condo.chico.ca.us> To: Jeremy <thinker5555@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bootup freeze when trying to start sendmail Message-ID: <20010909121949.A4050@absinthe.condo.chico.ca.us> In-Reply-To: <878zfmu7oj.fsf@yahoo.com>; from thinker5555@yahoo.com on Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 03:12:12PM -0500 References: <878zfmu7oj.fsf@yahoo.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 03:12:12PM -0500, Jeremy wrote: > Hello, > > I was trying to get ppp working, so I followed the examples set out by the > Handbook, the FAQ, and also a place called "FreeBSD Cheat Sheets". In doing > so, I set the sendmail daemon to start up when I boot. Unfortunately I > must've had my mind elsewhere because I don't currently have sendmail > installed (as far as I know) and so when it gets to trying to start up > sendmail, the system freezes. What can I do to remedy this problem? I've > tried to mount my FreeBSD / from Linux in order to change my rc.conf to fix > the problem, but unfortunately I've found it impossible to do so. (I'm still > very new at all of this) By default, you do have sendmail, unless you specifcally disable it in /etc/rc.conf. The hang is likely due to sendmail being unable to look up its hostname. It will eventually time out. Make sure your hostname is listed properly in /etc/hosts, or turn sendmail off if you don't need it running as a daemon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20010909121949.A4050>