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Configuring sendmail on Jaguar
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Exec format error at boot time |
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2003-03-12 15:42:58 |
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mariox19@mac.com
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First off, I'm running 10.1.5 and ran the sendmail update, although afterwards I thought perhaps I shouldn't have. (Software update tempted me!)
The new sendmail will not start at boot time. I have everything configured the way the "Update to Terminal part 3" article stated, and even had a look at this Jaguar article.
The entry created at boot time in the system.log file reads:
SystemStarter: Exec failed for item /System/Library/StartupItems/Sendmail: Exec format error
With that, sendmail is not running.
Strangely enough though, if I run this command manually:
sudo /System/Library/StartupItems/Sendmail
sendmail starts up fine!
I cannot for the life of me understand why it should work after booting when I do it, but not at boot time when SystemStarter tries to do it. (Yes, I have MAILSERVER=-YES-)
Does anyone have any idea? Help! I'm a little short of cash to buy Jaguar at present.
Thanks!
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2003-03-14 06:49:46
mariox19@mac.com
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In the startup script for sendmail, located at, /System/Library/StartupItems/Sendmail/Sendmail, I added a line before the commands to start sendmail:
sleep 10
It seems that allowing the computer a pause, for some reason, allows sendmail to launch properly.
I don't know how little a pause you can get away with -- I got tired of fooling around with the whole darn thing after a while.
As always, your mileage may vary.