sendmail (& Can't open /dev/console)
Barry A. Burke
barry at adelie.UUCP
Tue Nov 5 13:36:05 AEST 1985
> The sendmail I have has an annoying habit of give the message
> Cannot open /dev/console: Bad file number
> every single time it's run. It's not really a big deal, since it
> doesn't seem to affect anything, but it is annoying, and it screws
> up emacs smail.
>
> Any explanations???
check your system's /etc/hosts file. If the administrator followed the
installation instructions he changed the line:
127.1 localhost
to
127.1 <real host name>
Sendmail as delivered on most binary-only licenses connects to syslog(8)
using the hostname of `localhost' specifically on the connection request[*].
Change it back to `localhost' and everything should work again...
[*] this is my personal assumption, since I can't look at the sources. I
know in fact that this will cause the problem specified, and the prescribed
action will correct it. Apologies to the unix wizards out there if not
100% accurate.
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