I am building a new server. It will be a temporary firewall of sorts.
I am well into the config, made a lot of changes; almost ready to set it
up in the target networks, but now....
The system hangs trying to start sendmail. I was thinking hard about
disabling sendmail, but thought I needed it for internal functions, so
did not. yet.
So is there someway to get the system working so I can change something
like disable sendmail?
The system has no cdrom, diskette, etc. In fact the kybd/monitor
require a special temp setup. Perhaps I can edit the kernel line in
grub to disable something?
If necessary, I can pull the drive and put it in a system that does
support cdrom. That is the way I did the initial harddrive install.
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12-27-2007, 02:15 PM
"Ed Donahue"
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At startup, you will see a message that say Press I to run in interactive mode, there you can reject starting sendmail when you are prompted.
On Dec 27, 2007 10:03 AM, Robert Moskowitz <
rgm@htt-consult.com> wrote:
I am building a new server. *It will be a temporary firewall of sorts.
I am well into the config, made a lot of changes; almost ready to set it
up in the target networks, but now....
The system hangs trying to start sendmail. *I was thinking hard about
disabling sendmail, but thought I needed it for internal functions, so
did not. *yet.
So is there someway to get the system working so I can change something
like disable sendmail?
The system has no cdrom, diskette, etc. *In fact the kybd/monitor
require a special temp setup. *Perhaps I can edit the kernel line in
grub to disable something?
If necessary, I can pull the drive and put it in a system that does
support cdrom. *That is the way I did the initial harddrive install.
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12-27-2007, 02:16 PM
Christopher Chan
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Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I am building a new server. It will be a temporary firewall of sorts.
I am well into the config, made a lot of changes; almost ready to set it
up in the target networks, but now....
The system hangs trying to start sendmail. I was thinking hard about
disabling sendmail, but thought I needed it for internal functions, so
did not. yet.
So is there someway to get the system working so I can change something
like disable sendmail?
sendmail is waiting for dns resolution of its hostname/name. Fix that
and it will not 'hang'. Or just wait for the dns queries to timeout
(could take a while...i cannot remember...5 mins?)
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12-27-2007, 02:26 PM
Robert Moskowitz
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Ed Donahue wrote:
At startup, you will see a message that say Press I to run in
interactive mode, there you can reject starting sendmail when you are
prompted.
Now this is something to add to my Linux support/admin notes.
THANKS!
On Dec 27, 2007 10:03 AM, Robert Moskowitz < rgm@htt-consult.com
<mailto:rgm@htt-consult.com>> wrote:
I am building a new server. It will be a temporary firewall of
sorts.
I am well into the config, made a lot of changes; almost ready to
set it
up in the target networks, but now....
The system hangs trying to start sendmail. I was thinking hard about
disabling sendmail, but thought I needed it for internal
functions, so
did not. yet.
So is there someway to get the system working so I can change
something
like disable sendmail?
The system has no cdrom, diskette, etc. In fact the kybd/monitor
require a special temp setup. Perhaps I can edit the kernel line in
grub to disable something?
If necessary, I can pull the drive and put it in a system that does
support cdrom. That is the way I did the initial harddrive install.
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12-27-2007, 02:29 PM
Robert Moskowitz
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Ed Donahue wrote:
At startup, you will see a message that say Press I to run in
interactive mode, there you can reject starting sendmail when you are
prompted.
Now this is something to add to my Linux support/admin notes.
THANKS!
On Dec 27, 2007 10:03 AM, Robert Moskowitz < rgm@htt-consult.com
<mailto:rgm@htt-consult.com>> wrote:
I am building a new server. It will be a temporary firewall of
sorts.
I am well into the config, made a lot of changes; almost ready to
set it
up in the target networks, but now....
The system hangs trying to start sendmail. I was thinking hard about
disabling sendmail, but thought I needed it for internal
functions, so
did not. yet.
So is there someway to get the system working so I can change
something
like disable sendmail?
The system has no cdrom, diskette, etc. In fact the kybd/monitor
require a special temp setup. Perhaps I can edit the kernel line in
grub to disable something?
If necessary, I can pull the drive and put it in a system that does
support cdrom. That is the way I did the initial harddrive install.
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12-27-2007, 04:40 PM
Joshua Gimer
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Make sure that the system has an entry for itself in /etc/hosts. This
will allow the system to boot up even if DNS is unavailable.
Josh
On Dec 27, 2007, at 8:29 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Ed Donahue wrote:
At startup, you will see a message that say Press I to run in
interactive mode, there you can reject starting sendmail when you
are prompted.
Now this is something to add to my Linux support/admin notes.
THANKS!
On Dec 27, 2007 10:03 AM, Robert Moskowitz < rgm@htt-consult.com <mailto:rgm@htt-consult.com
>> wrote:
I am building a new server. It will be a temporary firewall of
sorts.
I am well into the config, made a lot of changes; almost ready to
set it
up in the target networks, but now....
The system hangs trying to start sendmail. I was thinking hard
about
disabling sendmail, but thought I needed it for internal
functions, so
did not. yet.
So is there someway to get the system working so I can change
something
like disable sendmail?
The system has no cdrom, diskette, etc. In fact the kybd/monitor
require a special temp setup. Perhaps I can edit the kernel
line in
grub to disable something?
If necessary, I can pull the drive and put it in a system that
does
support cdrom. That is the way I did the initial harddrive
install.
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