sm-client startup problem

hello everyone....


i have fedora 3 installed and sendmail-8.13.1-2.....

when i restart send mail it gives me the following errors
# /etc/init.d/sendmail restart
Shutting down sendmail: [ OK ]
Shutting down sm-client: [FAILED]
Starting sendmail: [ OK ]
Starting sm-client: [ OK ]

from /var/log/maillog i found out that sendmail[5616]: unable to write
pid to /var/run/sendmail.pid: Permission denied
i created a sendmail.pid file in /var/run/ by doing vi...and also
removed sm-client.pid..rm -f sm-client...and then did a restart
the sendmail.pid file was removed automatically...also
doing ls -l on /run gave me
....drwxr-xr-x 15 apache apache 4096 Mar 11 12:33 run

and ls -l /var/run/sm-client.pid gave me...
.... -rw-r--r-- 1 smmsp smmsp 50 Mar 11 12:33 sm-client.pid

can anyone plz advise on what i have to do to correct it out

thanks,
Danish

Re: sm-client startup problem

"danish" writes:

> hello everyone....
>
>
> i have fedora 3 installed and sendmail-8.13.1-2.....
>
> when i restart send mail it gives me the following errors
> # /etc/init.d/sendmail restart
> Shutting down sendmail: [ OK ]
> Shutting down sm-client: [FAILED]
> Starting sendmail: [ OK ]
> Starting sm-client: [ OK ]
>
> from /var/log/maillog i found out that sendmail[5616]: unable to write
> pid to /var/run/sendmail.pid: Permission denied
> i created a sendmail.pid file in /var/run/ by doing vi...and also
> removed sm-client.pid..rm -f sm-client...and then did a restart
> the sendmail.pid file was removed automatically...also
> doing ls -l on /run gave me
> ...drwxr-xr-x 15 apache apache 4096 Mar 11 12:33 run
>
> and ls -l /var/run/sm-client.pid gave me...
> ... -rw-r--r-- 1 smmsp smmsp 50 Mar 11 12:33 sm-client.pid
>
> can anyone plz advise on what i have to do to correct it out

Do not ignore archived wisdom publicly available.

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3E16E851.3F72BF45@Andrz ej.Adam.Filip
Subject: Re: Shutting down sm-client: [FAILED]
Date: 2003-01-04

http://anfi.homeunix.net/sendmail/B4UAsk-Sendmail.html
Before you Ask on comp.mail.sendmail

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http://anfi.homeunix.net/

Re: sm-client startup problem

Andrzej Adam Filip wrote:
> "danish" writes:
>
> > hello everyone....
> >
> >
> > i have fedora 3 installed and sendmail-8.13.1-2.....
> >
> > when i restart send mail it gives me the following errors
> > # /etc/init.d/sendmail restart
> > Shutting down sendmail: [ OK ]
> > Shutting down sm-client: [FAILED]
> > Starting sendmail: [ OK ]
> > Starting sm-client: [ OK ]
> >
> > from /var/log/maillog i found out that sendmail[5616]: unable to write
> > pid to /var/run/sendmail.pid: Permission denied
> > i created a sendmail.pid file in /var/run/ by doing vi...and also
> > removed sm-client.pid..rm -f sm-client...and then did a restart
> > the sendmail.pid file was removed automatically...also
> > doing ls -l on /run gave me
> > ...drwxr-xr-x 15 apache apache 4096 Mar 11 12:33 run
> >
> > and ls -l /var/run/sm-client.pid gave me...
> > ... -rw-r--r-- 1 smmsp smmsp 50 Mar 11 12:33 sm-client.pid
> >
> > can anyone plz advise on what i have to do to correct it out
>
> Do not ignore archived wisdom publicly available.
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3E16E851.3F72BF45@Andrz ej.Adam.Filip
> Subject: Re: Shutting down sm-client: [FAILED]
> Date: 2003-01-04
>
> http://anfi.homeunix.net/sendmail/B4UAsk-Sendmail.html
> Before you Ask on comp.mail.sendmail
>
> --
> [pl2en Andrew] Andrzej Adam Filip : anfi@priv.onet.pl : anfi@xl.wp.pl
> http://anfi.homeunix.net/

well.. i got it to work..seem like a problem with the directory
permissions.....

but still doing an nmap on my system still doesnt show that the mail
ports are on ....25 and 110

Re: sm-client startup problem

"danish" writes:
> [...]
> but still doing an nmap on my system still doesnt show that the mail
> ports are on ....
> 25

In default "redhat configuration sendmail only listens on 127.0.0.1:25
http://www.sendmail.org/faq/section5.html#5.3.1.3

>and 110

Sendmail *is not* POP/IMAP server. Instal *separate* pop/imap package.
http://www.sendmail.org/faq/section4.html#4.19

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http://anfi.homeunix.net/

Re: sm-client startup problem

Andrzej Adam Filip wrote:
> "danish" writes:
> > [...]
> > but still doing an nmap on my system still doesnt show that the mail
> > ports are on ....
> > 25
>
> In default "redhat configuration sendmail only listens on 127.0.0.1:25
> http://www.sendmail.org/faq/section5.html#5.3.1.3
>
> >and 110
>
> Sendmail *is not* POP/IMAP server. Instal *separate* pop/imap package.
> http://www.sendmail.org/faq/section4.html#4.19
>
> --
> [pl2en Andrew] Andrzej Adam Filip : anfi@priv.onet.pl : anfi@xl.wp.pl
> http://anfi.homeunix.net/

Yes thank you..its listening on 25..i got it by doing nmap -sTU
127.0.0.1....
I will install the POP/IMAP server when needed...

Thank you very much for your help

Danish