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Date:      Sat, 12 Jul 1997 10:52:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To:        Ian Vaudrey <ivaudrey@test.nemko.ltd.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: installing sendmail sources after the fact, and a quick sendmail question
Message-ID:  <Pine.UW2.3.95.970712104606.4198A-100000@cedb>
In-Reply-To: <33C756D8.94223D9C@test.nemko.ltd.uk>

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On Sat, 12 Jul 1997, Ian Vaudrey wrote:
> I've built and installed the latest version (8.8.6) on my 2.2.2-RELEASE
> box, but now when I start sendmail it logs "unable to write
> /var/run/sendmail.pid" errors in the maillog. I've not changed any
> permissions, and never saw this with 8.8.5.

With 8.8.5 I had to create my own /var/run/sendmail.pid.  sendmail
wouldn't create one, but also gave no messages.  Could be that in
8.8.6 they added the message and you haven't had a sendmail.pid
all along.  (I haven't installed .6 so I can't check the source,
safefopen() in util.c is the function that should be creating it)
Anyway, try creating /var/run/sendmail.pid yourself, 644 root.bin.

Dan
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