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From: Andreas Davour <ante@Update.UU.SE>
To: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com>
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Subject: RE: Mysterious freeze while booting
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On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Subhro wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Subhro wrote:
>
>> /etc/hosts basically serves as a backup for cases where the DNS does 
not
>> work. Seems to me as if sshd is crating the seem to hang up as it can't
> get
>> the box hostname resolved properly.
>
> Sshd? It shouldn't even be running! I guess I'll have to see if it is...
>
> I also forgot to mention sendmail.

Sendmail sounds like a likelier candidate. I had forgotten about it. 
I'll have to follow that trail. Thanks!

/andreas

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