[App_rpt-users] Process Hanging on Reboot

Jon Rorke jrorke at cogeco.ca
Fri Jan 6 12:52:56 UTC 2012


I have been doing the 'chkconfig sendmail off' thing too and it does 
work for send mail. But then my box hangs at sm-client too.
Any idea on that or do the same for SM-client too?

Jon VA3RQ

On 1/5/2012 10:43 PM, Jim Duuuude wrote:
> what about 'chkconfig sendmail off' ??
>
> wouldnt that be easier??
>
> JIM
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 19:36:34 -0800
> From: dshaw at ke6upi.com
> To: wl7ni.ak at gmail.com
> CC: app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org
> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Process Hanging on Reboot
>
>
>
> To turn off Sendmail.
>
> change directory "cd /etc/rc3.d"
> use mv to rename the start up file for sendmail. Change XX to match 
> the number used to start sendmail. i.e. mv S05sendmail K05sendamil  So 
> S is to start the service at boot. the number is what order to start 
> the service. K is to Kill at shutdown.
>
> cd /etc/rc3.d/
> mv SXXsendmail KXXsendmail
>
> You still need your DNS settings.
>
> Sendmail is trying to resolve your computers hostname via your DNS and 
> the hosts.conf file. So if you use Google's 8.8.8.8 DNS server or any 
> DNS server and you don't have a registered domain with a "A" record 
> that matched your computer hostname sendmail will have to time out at 
> start up.
>
> If you are using DHCP to get an IP address then edit ifcfg-ethX and 
> add or change this line DHCP_HOSTNAME=/"hostname"/ .  DHCP_HOSTNAME 
> tells your dhcp server what name to use for the local DNS. So if you 
> have a good router then this will work.
>
> Use your text editor  /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
>
> So on my ACID install sendmail to set to start after the network gets 
> an IP address. This is good. S10network S80sendmail
>
> David
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Mark Huelskoetter <wl7ni.ak at gmail.com 
> <mailto:wl7ni.ak at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Oh good grief......MAKE sure not Mark sure....
>
>     That's it, I need new fingers...
>
>     Hope it fixes it for you
>
>
>
>     On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Mark Huelskoetter
>     <wl7ni.ak at gmail.com <mailto:wl7ni.ak at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         One other place to check.  Look in /etc/sysconfig/network:
>         Mark sure you(R) hostname appears in there as well.  It should
>         look like this:
>
>         NETWORKING=yes
>         NETWORKING_IPV6=no
>         HOSTNAME=YOURHOSTNAME
>
>         Mark - WL7NI
>
>
>
>         On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Jim W7RY <w7ry at centurytel.net
>         <mailto:w7ry at centurytel.net>> wrote:
>
>             It is.
>             Jim W7RY
>
>             *From:* Mark Huelskoetter <mailto:wl7ni.ak at gmail.com>
>             *Sent:* Thursday, January 05, 2012 11:26 AM
>             *To:* Jim W7RY <mailto:w7ry at centurytel.net>
>             *Cc:* Jim Duuuude <mailto:telesistant at hotmail.com> ;
>             app_rpt mailing list <mailto:app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org>
>             *Subject:* Re: [App_rpt-users] Process Hanging on Reboot
>
>             Make sure that you machine name is in /etc/hosts
>
>             something like:
>
>             127.0.0.1       youmachine localhost.localdomain localhost
>
>             Mark - WL7NI
>
>             On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Jim W7RY
>             <w7ry at centurytel.net <mailto:w7ry at centurytel.net>> wrote:
>
>                 That did not fix the problem. Still hangs
>                 Ideas?
>                 Thanks
>                 73
>                 Jim W7RY
>
>                 *From:* Jim W7RY <mailto:w7ry at centurytel.net>
>                 *Sent:* Tuesday, January 03, 2012 9:54 PM
>                 *To:* Jim Duuuude <mailto:telesistant at hotmail.com> ;
>                 app_rpt mailing list <mailto:app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org>
>                 *Subject:* Re: [App_rpt-users] Process Hanging on Reboot
>
>                 Thanks!
>                 Just put in:
>                 ; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script
>                 nameserver 8.8.8.8
>                 nameserver 8.8.4.4
>
>                 That should fix it!!
>
>                 73
>                 Jim W7Ry
>
>
>                 *From:* Jim Duuuude <mailto:telesistant at hotmail.com>
>                 *Sent:* Tuesday, January 03, 2012 9:19 PM
>                 *To:* w7ry at centurytel.net <mailto:w7ry at centurytel.net>
>                 ; app_rpt mailing list <mailto:app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org>
>                 *Subject:* RE: [App_rpt-users] Process Hanging on Reboot
>
>                 you DNS no-workee.
>
>                 Please check the entries in /etc/resolv.conf
>                 and make sure they are pointing to real,
>                 working DNS servers.
>
>                 JIM WB6NIL
>
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>                 From: w7ry at centurytel.net <mailto:w7ry at centurytel.net>
>                 To: app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org
>                 <mailto:app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org>
>                 Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 21:16:23 -0800
>                 Subject: [App_rpt-users] Process Hanging on Reboot
>
>                 I have 2 processes that hang for 2+ minuets when I reboot.
>                 Starting sendmail:
>                 Starting sm-client:
>                 They eventually say OK then it continues to boot and
>                 all is ok.
>                 Any ideas?
>                 Thanks
>                 73
>                 Jim W7RY
>
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