Waiting doesn't get sendmail up, but after 5-10 minutes it times out and allows me to log in in text mode only. However, I haven't been successful in using a text-mode editor. I don't have much experience with Linux yet, but am desparate to get away from Microsoft!
Assuming I find out how to edit, what other file needs to have the localhost name changed from 'netmail@att.net'? I only discovered this was happening when lpd refused to accept it from the system.
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From: Scott Harney <scotth@scottharney.com>
Date: 2002/09/10 Tue PM 01:05:47 EDT
To: nolug@joeykelly.net
Subject: Re: [Nolug] Localhost name problem
Before recommending more radical methods of repair, have you
tried hitting "ctrl+C" during the bootup when it gets to
the "starting sendmail" part? This works on debian, but I don't know
about other distro's
How long have you waited for sendmail to quit churing? It might be
that you haven't waited long enough.
On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 01:15:16PM -0400, jdtiede@bellsouth.net wrote:
> In getting a friend's computer to connect with his ISP, I inadvertently caused "netmail@att.net" to be inserted as localhost. I found it in sendmail.conf (which I don't even think I'm using since the machine is not networked other than using att.net) and changed it to "localhost." Now I can't get it to boot (always stops and sendmail). I have tried running a repair installation from the CD. I can't get it to boot from a floppy except for installtion purposes. I don't want to damage his data files. What can I do?
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