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From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: More troubles with major update
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:28:02 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <84eib2pgu5.fsf@newsguy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: F9421387-94D3-4082-A8BF-224AC9FE3B9D@stellar.eclipse.co.uk

Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> writes:

> On 1/11/2010, at 10:52am, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> ...
>> A major problem right now is that 127.0.0.1 has started rejected mail
>> connections.  That is, sendmail cannot send mail even locally.
>> 
>> Sendmail itself has not been updated...
>
> You haven't demonstrated that sendmail is even installed.
>
> eix -I sendmail
>
> which sendmail
>
> equery b /usr/sbin/sendmail
>
> /usr/sbin/sendmail <address> < Huckleberry_Finn.txt
>
> telnet 127.0.0.1 25
>

I would of thought this line:
>> Sendmail itself has not been updated...

But as it happens the machine stalled with green light on (overnight)
, but could not login.. at console or via ssh so performed a hard reboot.

The machine came up with sendmail working as it was prior to the update.

Thanks for your input... next time I won't assume readers would take
my word that something is installed..




      reply	other threads:[~2010-11-03 15:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-01 10:52 [gentoo-user] More troubles with major update Harry Putnam
2010-11-01 20:47 ` Stroller
2010-11-03 15:28   ` Harry Putnam [this message]

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