Re: Sendmail woes

[Lukas Nellen <lukas@teorica0.ifisicacu.unam.mx>]

>>>>> "Tim" == Tim 'pass the Prozac' Sailer <tps@major.pita.org> writes:


    Tim> At some point, Bruce Perens had written:
    >>  Remove aliases.db . I think it works without it. I think
    >> there's a problem in sendmail's interface to DB libraries. I
    >> think one of the major problems is that it uses more than one.
    >> 
    >> If that fixes the problem, please get back to us.

    Tim> That was exactly it.. if you're ever in tne NYC area, I'll
    Tim> buy you a beer or 20.. I just spent all day on this..

Another possibility is the existence of 
	/var/yp/Makefile
If this file exists, sendmail thinks that you are running NIS and
tries to rebuild the NIS aliases - and hangs if you don't run NIS. I
observed the same problem with the versions of the Debian networking
software which included the NIS software. Upgrading to the latest
networking software solves the problem, or simply rename the file to
something like
	/var/yp/Makefile.OFF
if you don't want to upgrade.

		Cheers,
			Lukas
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