Chris Pandolfo

i installed the 8.12.10 rpm, and ran into a whole slew of problems.

in the logs, i get

Jan 14 01:43:28 MYHOST sm-msp-queue[19812]: starting daemon (8.12.10):
queueing@01:00:00
Jan 14 01:43:29 MYHOST sendmail[19818]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 151: readcf: map mailertable: class hash
not available
Jan 14 01:43:29 MYHOST sendmail[19818]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 154: readcf: map virtuser: class hash not
available
Jan 14 01:43:29 MYHOST sendmail[19818]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 159: readcf: map access: class hash not
available

and for a while, i was also getting the error

Jan 14 01:34:24 MYHOST sendmail[18506]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 264: service "smtp" unknown

i've been beating this thing about the head and shoulders for two days
now, *after* working down from qmail to postfix then to sendmail. (on
another note, i got a very similar error regarding smtp in postfix).
what's going wrong here? i assume there should be an inetd service
called smtp, but i dont know what is supposed to be executed by it. im
pretty confused at the moment, and a little sick of this ;).

Andrzej Adam Filip

Chris Pandolfo wrote:
> i installed the 8.12.10 rpm, and ran into a whole slew of problems.
>
> in the logs, i get
>
> Jan 14 01:43:28 MYHOST sm-msp-queue[19812]: starting daemon (8.12.10):
> queueing@01:00:00
> Jan 14 01:43:29 MYHOST sendmail[19818]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
> /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 151: readcf: map mailertable: class hash
> not available
> Jan 14 01:43:29 MYHOST sendmail[19818]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
> /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 154: readcf: map virtuser: class hash not
> available
> Jan 14 01:43:29 MYHOST sendmail[19818]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
> /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 159: readcf: map access: class hash not
> available
>
> and for a while, i was also getting the error
>
> Jan 14 01:34:24 MYHOST sendmail[18506]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
> /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 264: service "smtp" unknown
>
> i've been beating this thing about the head and shoulders for two days
> now, *after* working down from qmail to postfix then to sendmail. (on
> another note, i got a very similar error regarding smtp in postfix).
> what's going wrong here? i assume there should be an inetd service
> called smtp, but i dont know what is supposed to be executed by it. im
> pretty confused at the moment, and a little sick of this ;).

http://www.sendmail.org/faq/section3.html#3.31
Q3.31 -- What does "class hash not available" mean?

1) What is reported in "Compiled with:" section by the command below ?
sendmail -d0.1 -bv root

2) You can make sendmail use dbm instead of hash.

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Chris Pandolfo

Andrzej Adam Filip <anfi@priv.onet.pl> wrote in message news:<bu3ajo$42l$1@anfi.freeshell.org>...
> Chris Pandolfo wrote:
> > i installed the 8.12.10 rpm, and ran into a whole slew of problems.
> >
> > in the logs, i get
> >
> > Jan 14 01:43:28 MYHOST sm-msp-queue[19812]: starting daemon (8.12.10):
> > queueing@01:00:00
> > Jan 14 01:43:29 MYHOST sendmail[19818]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
> > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 151: readcf: map mailertable: class hash
> > not available
> > Jan 14 01:43:29 MYHOST sendmail[19818]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
> > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 154: readcf: map virtuser: class hash not
> > available
> > Jan 14 01:43:29 MYHOST sendmail[19818]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
> > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 159: readcf: map access: class hash not
> > available
> >
> > and for a while, i was also getting the error
> >
> > Jan 14 01:34:24 MYHOST sendmail[18506]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
> > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 264: service "smtp" unknown
> >
> > i've been beating this thing about the head and shoulders for two days
> > now, *after* working down from qmail to postfix then to sendmail. (on
> > another note, i got a very similar error regarding smtp in postfix).
> > what's going wrong here? i assume there should be an inetd service
> > called smtp, but i dont know what is supposed to be executed by it. im
> > pretty confused at the moment, and a little sick of this ;).
>
> http://www.sendmail.org/faq/section3.html#3.31
> Q3.31 -- What does "class hash not available" mean?
>
> 1) What is reported in "Compiled with:" section by the command below ?
> sendmail -d0.1 -bv root
im going to post everything that came out, just in case ;)

> 2) You can make sendmail use dbm instead of hash.
how? can i comment that stuff out of the .cf file, or will that just
screw things up beyond all reason?


the second to last value, under subdomain below, looks suspicious as
well. i've replaced my domain name with MYHOST.COM in this, just for
anonyminity's sake.

-bash-2.05b# sendmail -d0.1 -bv root
Version 8.12.10
Compiled with: DNSMAP LOG MATCHGECOS MIME7TO8 MIME8TO7 NAMED_BIND
NETINET NETUNIX PIPELINING SCANF XDEBUG
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 151: readcf: map mailertable: class hash
not available
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 154: readcf: map virtuser: class hash not
available
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 159: readcf: map access: class hash not
available
Warning: Option: AuthOptions requires SASL support (-DSASL)

============ SYSTEM IDENTITY (after readcf) ============
(short domain name) $w = MYHOST.COM
(canonical domain name) $j = MYHOST.COM
(subdomain name) $m = com
(node name) $k = hc01
================================================== ======

Andrzej Adam Filip

Chris Pandolfo wrote:
> asphodel587@hotmail.com (Chris Pandolfo) wrote in message news:<de88d925.0401141029.745b01a8@posting.google. com>...
>
>>Andrzej Adam Filip <anfi@priv.onet.pl> wrote in message news:<bu3ajo$42l$1@anfi.freeshell.org>...
>>
>>>Chris Pandolfo wrote:
>>>
>>>>i installed the 8.12.10 rpm, and ran into a whole slew of problems.
>>>>
>>>>in the logs, i get
>>>>
>>>>Jan 14 01:43:28 MYHOST sm-msp-queue[19812]: starting daemon (8.12.10):
>>>>queueing@01:00:00
>>>>Jan 14 01:43:29 MYHOST sendmail[19818]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
>>>>/etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 151: readcf: map mailertable: class hash
>>>>not available
>>>>Jan 14 01:43:29 MYHOST sendmail[19818]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
>>>>/etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 154: readcf: map virtuser: class hash not
>>>>available
>>>>Jan 14 01:43:29 MYHOST sendmail[19818]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
>>>>/etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 159: readcf: map access: class hash not
>>>>available
>>>>
>>>>and for a while, i was also getting the error
>>>>
>>>>Jan 14 01:34:24 MYHOST sendmail[18506]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
>>>>/etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 264: service "smtp" unknown
>>>>
>>>>i've been beating this thing about the head and shoulders for two days
>>>>now, *after* working down from qmail to postfix then to sendmail. (on
>>>>another note, i got a very similar error regarding smtp in postfix).
>>>>what's going wrong here? i assume there should be an inetd service
>>>>called smtp, but i dont know what is supposed to be executed by it. im
>>>>pretty confused at the moment, and a little sick of this ;).
>>>
>>>http://www.sendmail.org/faq/section3.html#3.31
>>>Q3.31 -- What does "class hash not available" mean?
>>>
>>>1) What is reported in "Compiled with:" section by the command below ?
>>>sendmail -d0.1 -bv root
>>
>>im going to post everything that came out, just in case ;)
>>
>>
>>>2) You can make sendmail use dbm instead of hash.
>>
>>how? can i comment that stuff out of the .cf file, or will that just
>>screw things up beyond all reason?
>>
>>
>>the second to last value, under subdomain below, looks suspicious as
>>well. i've replaced my domain name with MYHOST.COM in this, just for
>>anonyminity's sake.
>>
>>-bash-2.05b# sendmail -d0.1 -bv root
>>Version 8.12.10
>> Compiled with: DNSMAP LOG MATCHGECOS MIME7TO8 MIME8TO7 NAMED_BIND
>> NETINET NETUNIX PIPELINING SCANF XDEBUG
>>/etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 151: readcf: map mailertable: class hash
>>not available
>>/etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 154: readcf: map virtuser: class hash not
>>available
>>/etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 159: readcf: map access: class hash not
>>available
>>Warning: Option: AuthOptions requires SASL support (-DSASL)
>> [...]

The sendmail was compiled *without* NEWDB and NDBM (libraries for
accessing key-hash DBes), so it was unable to support hash, btree and
dbm maps.
Two most likely explanations:
a) something was wrong with the rpm you installed
b) you used non rpm sendmail
[a leftover from previous installation/test]

> ok, i reinstalled it from the rpm and it works perfectly now. i dont
> know what happened, but it works (i.e. the service runs). now the
> difficulty is no mail is being received. im new to mail in general. do
> i need to run a seperate SMTP/POP3 server, or should this be
> sufficient (read: something else is wrong).

Sendmail is not pop/imap server you need a another RPM.
http://www.sendmail.org/faq/section4.html#4.19
Q4.19 -- How do I configure sendmail for POP/IMAP/... ?

> logs say after i send
> mail to myself:
>
> Jan 14 18:33:36 collegefusion sendmail[22162]: i0ENXa9h022162:
> from=chrisp.collegefusion@collegefusion.com, size=391, class=0,
> nrcpts=1, msgid=<200401142333.i0ENXa9h022162@collegefusion.c om>,
> relay=root@localhost
> Jan 14 18:33:36 collegefusion sendmail[22164]: i0ENXadK022164:
> from=<chrisp.collegefusion@collegefusion.com>, size=631, class=0,
> nrcpts=1, msgid=<200401142333.i0ENXa9h022162@collegefusion.c om>,
> proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]
> Jan 14 18:33:36 collegefusion sendmail[22162]: i0ENXa9h022162:
> to=chrisp.collegefusion@collegefusion.com,
> ctladdr=chrisp.collegefusion@collegefusion.com (509/502),
> delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30391,
> relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (i0ENXadK022164
> Message accepted for delivery)
> Jan 14 18:33:36 collegefusion sendmail[22165]: i0ENXadK022164:
> to=<chrisp.collegefusion@collegefusion.com>,
> ctladdr=<chrisp.collegefusion@collegefusion.com> (509/502),
> delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=30879, dsn=2.0.0,
> stat=Sent
>
> (so much for anonyminity) it says message accepted for delivery, but
> it's not in any of the mailboxes or the queue.

Sendmail logged that it passed the message to local mailer (another
program used by sendmail to deliver messages to local mailboxes).

Could you post your local mailer spec ?
echo '=M' | sendmail -bt grep local

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