Help with trashed sendmail file pweeeeeze!

[MeNeZ]

Hi,

(Firstly, Im not a Linux guy. The dude who does this stuff left so Im sitting with manuals scratching my chin) :wtf:

I had to edit the sendmail.cf file because an SMTP server changed, halfway thru I lost connection and when I logged in again the file has dissapeared!
Ive found an old one but its stock standard.

I get this error which I researched and it basically means there is no mail server specified which makes sense, how much of the sendmail.cf needs to be edited? I imagine it will need the mail server name & SMTP details???

 

[MeNeZ]

Oops, here is the error:

cygni:/var/log # rcsendmail restart
Shutting down SMTP port done
Initializing SMTP port (sendmail)554 5.0.0 No local mailer defined
startproc: exit status of parent of /usr/sbin/sendmail: 70
failed

 

[w1z4rd]

Get a linux dude.

Here is a linux pro tip. Before you edit a config file make sure to back it up first.

 

[MeNeZ]

Lol thanks

 

[MeNeZ]

Im pretty sure I just need to define the local mailer by editing the sendmail.cf file

 

[MickZA]

Lets check if you have have lost the original .cf file.
What's the output of the following commands?

[root@centos53 ~]# updatedb
[root@centos53 ~]# locate sendmail.cf
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf
[root@centos53 ~]#

 

[macxsanity]

i am a linux sys admin and can help PM me

 

[The_Unbeliever]

i am a linux sys admin and can help PM me

Good luck.

I also had the same happen to me. Luckily I could rebuild the file with webmin.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Hi,

(Firstly, Im not a Linux guy. The dude who does this stuff left so Im sitting with manuals scratching my chin) :wtf:

Why did he left?

 

[macxsanity]

i guess he left because either the pay is crap or the working conditions are hostile .....

 

[thisgeek]

If you're using a remote shell with a dodgy connection, I highly recommend running screen first.

 

[|tera|]

Menez, I guess the first step would be to actually know where your mail server is? Is it a local machine on the network, is it a remote server? You have to start at step one, then two

 

[avert]

look for a filename called .sendmail.cf.swp in the directory

or try recover it

grep -b 'search-text' /dev/partition > file.txt

 

[MeNeZ]

Yayness! thanks guys, refreshed this page and found many helpfull peeps

i fixed it using the omsendin command to recreate the sendmail file and then I changed the permissions with winscp! woooot

*makes backup of sendmail.cf FTW*

 

[MeNeZ]

Why did he left?

Better offer...Im the only guy left out of 4 so my workload is giving me thick grey hairs to say the least. Especially on teh Linux

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Better offer...Im the only guy left out of 4 so my workload is giving me thick grey hairs to say the least. Especially on teh Linux

Hehehehehe, welcome to the club