sendmail "/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail start" not working

[defireman]

I have sendmail installed on my webserver, but when I tried to start sendmail via Webmin, it gave me this error:

sh: line 1: /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail: No such file or directory

Apparently the init.d file does not exist. Can anyone tell me how to write, or otherwise obtain this file, so I can start Sendmail on my server? Thanks!

[j4mes]

Not sure if it helps, but here's the /etc/rc.d/rc.sendmail from my Slackware box:

#!/bin/sh
# Start/stop/restart sendmail.

# Start sendmail:
sendmail_start() {
if [ -x /usr/sbin/sendmail ]; then
echo "Starting sendmail MTA daemon: /usr/sbin/sendmail -L sm-mta -bd -q25m"
/usr/sbin/sendmail -L sm-mta -bd -q25m
echo "Starting sendmail MSP queue runner: /usr/sbin/sendmail -L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q25m"
/usr/sbin/sendmail -L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q25m
fi
}

# Stop sendmail:
sendmail_stop() {
killall sendmail
}

# Restart sendmail:
sendmail_restart() {
sendmail_stop
sleep 1
sendmail_start
}

case "$1" in
'start')
sendmail_start
;;
'stop')
sendmail_stop
;;
'restart')
sendmail_restart
;;
*)
echo "usage $0 start¦stop¦restart"
esac

(As always, if you use it make sure you change the broken pipe ¦ to a solid one from your keyboard.)

Couldn't you just call sendmail directly from the command line though?

[defireman]

Hmm, is this script the same as an init.d script?

It would be good if someone can provide a sendmail init.d file for Fedora Core 2. Thanks!

[mcavic]

Following is the /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail from Fedora Core 2. Once it's in place, use "chkconfig --level 2345 sendmail on" to make sure it's set to come up during boot.

But first, check to see if you have /etc/xinetd.d/sendmail. I had an FC1 VPS installation that did it that way; it wasn't constantly running, but only on demand.

#!/bin/bash
#
# sendmail This shell script takes care of starting and stopping
# sendmail.
#
# chkconfig: 2345 80 30
# description: Sendmail is a Mail Transport Agent, which is the program \
# that moves mail from one machine to another.
# processname: sendmail
# config: /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
# pidfile: /var/run/sendmail.pid

# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# Source networking configuration.
[ -f /etc/sysconfig/network ] && . /etc/sysconfig/network

# Source sendmail configureation.
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/sendmail ] ; then
. /etc/sysconfig/sendmail
else
DAEMON=no
QUEUE=1h
fi
[ -z "$SMQUEUE" ] && SMQUEUE="$QUEUE"
[ -z "$SMQUEUE" ] && SMQUEUE=1h

# Check that networking is up.
[ "${NETWORKING}" = "no" ] && exit 0

[ -f /usr/sbin/sendmail ] ¦¦ exit 0

RETVAL=0
prog="sendmail"

start() {
# Start daemons.

echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
if test -x /usr/bin/make -a -f /etc/mail/Makefile ; then
make all -C /etc/mail -s
else
for i in virtusertable access domaintable mailertable ; do
if [ -f /etc/mail/$i ] ; then
makemap hash /etc/mail/$i < /etc/mail/$i
fi
done
fi
/usr/bin/newaliases > /dev/null 2>&1
daemon /usr/sbin/sendmail $([ "x$DAEMON" = xyes ] && echo -bd) \
$([ -n "$QUEUE" ] && echo -q$QUEUE) $SENDMAIL_OPTARG
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/sendmail

if! test -f /var/run/sm-client.pid ; then
echo -n $"Starting sm-client: "
touch /var/run/sm-client.pid
chown smmsp:smmsp /var/run/sm-client.pid
daemon --check sm-client /usr/sbin/sendmail -L sm-msp-queue -Ac \
-q $SMQUEUE $SENDMAIL_OPTARG
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/sm-client
fi

return $RETVAL
}

stop() {
# Stop daemons.
echo -n $"Shutting down $prog: "
killproc sendmail
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/sendmail
if test -f /var/run/sm-client.pid ; then
echo -n $"Shutting down sm-client: "
killproc sm-client
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/run/sm-client.pid
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/sm-client
fi
return $RETVAL
}

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
restart¦reload)
stop
start
RETVAL=$?
;;
condrestart)
if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/sendmail ]; then
stop
start
RETVAL=$?
fi
;;
status)
status sendmail
RETVAL=$?
;;
*)
echo $"Usage: $0 {start¦stop¦restart¦condrestart¦status}"
exit 1
esac

exit $RETVAL

[StupidScript]

defireman, don't mistake the way Webmin is set up with the way your server is set up. Webmin looks in predefined places for stuff it recognizes. You can always modify where Webmin is looking and what it is looking for using "Module Configuration".

Webmin simply did not find the init script where it expected to find it.

Your error message "

/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail: No such file or directory

" only means that there was no "

sendmail

" init file in the "

/etc/rc.d/init.d

directory. While it is possible that there is no

init.d

directory, it's not likely.

If your sendmail installation is set to be run under the xinetd process, then there will be a file in "

/etc/xinetd.d

" called "sendmail". It's the same under init.d. While you can both start sendmail manually and get it to run at boot time (see above) under init.d, xinetd.d would not allow you to start it manually. The text file in

/etc/xinetd.d

reads either "disable=no" (good to go) or "disable=yes" (don't run it). If the init file is in xinetd.d, change "disable=yes" to "disable=no" and send HUP to the xinetd process to reload all of the init files in the xinetd.d directory.

On both my RH7.2 and FC1 servers, sendmail's init file is in the init.d directory. Here's what it looks like on the RH7.2 box:

#!/bin/bash

#

# sendmail   This shell script takes care of starting and stopping

#        sendmail.

#

# chkconfig: 2345 80 30

# description: Sendmail is a Mail Transport Agent, which is the program \

#       that moves mail from one machine to another.

# processname: sendmail

# config: /etc/sendmail.cf

# pidfile: /var/run/sendmail.pid

# Source function library.

. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# Source networking configuration.

. /etc/sysconfig/network

# Source sendmail configureation.

if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/sendmail ] ; then

    . /etc/sysconfig/sendmail

else

    DAEMON=no

    QUEUE=1h

fi

# Check that networking is up.

[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 0

[ -f /usr/sbin/sendmail ] ¦¦ exit 0

RETVAL=0

prog="sendmail"

start() {

    # Start daemons.

[/code]
[code]    echo -n $"Starting $prog: "

    /usr/bin/newaliases > /dev/null 2>&1

    if test -x /usr/bin/make -a -f /etc/mail/Makefile ; then

     make all -C /etc/mail -s

    else

     for i in virtusertable access domaintable mailertable ; do

      if [ -f /etc/mail/$i ] ; then

        makemap hash /etc/mail/$i < /etc/mail/$i

      fi

     done

    fi

    daemon /usr/sbin/sendmail $([ "$DAEMON" = yes ] && echo -bd) \

                 $([ -n "$QUEUE" ] && echo -q$QUEUE)

    RETVAL=$?

    echo

    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/sendmail

    return $RETVAL

}

[/code]
[code]stop() {

    # Stop daemons.

    echo -n $"Shutting down $prog: "

    killproc sendmail

    RETVAL=$?

    echo 

    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/sendmail

    return $RETVAL

}

[/code]
[code]# See how we were called.

case "$1" in

 start)

    start

    ;;

 stop)

    stop

    ;;

 restart¦reload)

    stop

    start

    RETVAL=$?

    ;;

 condrestart)

    if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/sendmail ]; then

      stop

      start

      RETVAL=$?

    fi

    ;;

 status)

    status sendmail

    RETVAL=$?

    ;;

 *)

    echo $"Usage: $0 {start¦stop¦restart¦condrestart¦status}"

    exit 1

esac

exit $RETVAL

[mcavic]

make sure you change the broken pipe ¦ to a solid one from your keyboard

Wow, I had no idea.

[StupidScript]

LOFL!

Seriously?!? Did that fix it?

[mcavic]

I was just commenting.