syslog on 4.2BSD

[Matt Crawford]

In article <242 at sysdes.UUCP> dk at sysdes.UUCP writes:
>Can anyone explain why a vanilla 4.2BSD setup (no ethernet etc)
>*always* produces 
>    syslog: send: Network Unavailable
>whenever sendmail(8) runs?

Sure, if you'll explain why your message was dated 11 July but I
saw it here on 7 July ....

Sendmail tries to contact the "syslog" daemon using IP
protocols.  If you haven't included "options INET", etc.,
then it can't do it.  You could try setting the log level
in /usr/lib/sendmail.cf to zero.  Look for a line like
"OL9" and change it to "OL0".  If the file /usr/lib/sendmail.fc
exists you will have to run sendmail with the "-bz" option to
update it.

But why not just add
	options INET
and
	pseudo-device	pty
	pseudo-device	loop
	pseudo-device	inet
to your system configuration?  You may find you want the
features even without an ethernet.
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