Bug 141926 - sendmail does not work
Summary: sendmail does not work
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: sendmail
Version: 3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
high
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Assignee: Thomas Woerner
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-12-06 05:07 UTC by mark coleman
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-07-11 14:37:16 UTC
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Description mark coleman 2004-12-06 05:07:01 UTC
Description of problem:
sendmail service does not start. can not remove the sendmail rpm or
update it.. error unable to unlink /usr/sbin/sendmail

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. start sendmail service
2.
3.
  
Actual results:
looks like sendmail starts but it does not

Expected results:


Additional info:
i fixed this error by going into /usr/sbin/ and renaming
sendmail.sendmail to sendmail and it has worked since soing this.

i installed from a DVD iso of FC3

Comment 1 Thomas Woerner 2004-12-06 10:29:32 UTC
There is no /usr/sbin/sendmail in the sendmail package. Please attach
your sendmail version and paste the output of "rpm -V sendmail".

Please use "alternatives --config mta" to activate a MTA.



Comment 2 Thomas Woerner 2006-07-11 14:37:16 UTC
This bug entry was in needinfo for some time. Closing due to user inactivity as
"NOT A BUG".



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