Sendmail 8.12.3 warning with mailscanner

[Julian Field]

Exactly what OS are you using, and what is in your
/etc/rc.d/init.d/mailscanner (or /etc/init.d/mailscanner)?
I've a feeling the file descriptors may be closed before MailScanner starts...

At 21:15 01/07/2002, you wrote:
>I've just installed mailscanner with sendmail 8.12.2 and am seeing the
>same warning, always generated by the sendmail instance used to deliver a
>just-scanned message.
>
>Is mailscanner calling sendmail with closed standard file descriptors?
>
>brent emerson
>techforpeople
>
>
> > Date:         Wed, 19 Jun 2002 11:03:25 -0700
> > Reply-To:     MailScanner mailing list <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> > Sender:       MailScanner mailing list <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> > From:         David Closson <davidclosson at MSN.COM>
> > Subject:      Sendmail 8.12.3 warning with mailscanner
> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
> >
> > This warning was issued after setting up mailscanner:
> >
> > sendmail[9672]: File descriptors missing on startup: stdout, stderr; Bad
> > file descriptor
> >
> > I have read that this is caused if stdin, stdout, or stderr are missing
> > at sendmail startup (as the error indicates).
> >
> > _________ Sincerely, David Closson 209-728-8199

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