Shutdown MailScanner (Sendmail)

[Mariano Absatz]

strange thing... 

log in the same way (same user) as you do when you try to shutdown 
MailScanner and get those messages below...

Now try the following 2 commands and tell me what output do they yeld:

head -1 /etc/hosts

/usr/bin/head -1 /etc/hosts

(note "-1" it's a number one and not the letter ell)


El 25 Jun 2003 a las 21:54, Paul van Brouwershaven - Networking4all escribió:

> I can find only one head file "/usr/bin/head"
> 
> There where now problems before upgrading to a new version of sendmail.
> (up2date program redhat) I think sendmail has overwritten the old file.
> 
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] Namens
> Mariano Absatz
> Verzonden: woensdag 25 juni 2003 20:18
> Aan: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Onderwerp: Re: Shutdown MailScanner (Sendmail)
> 
> 
> Hi Paul,
> 
> well, I don't use the standard mailscanner rc scripts, but I've just 
> downloaded the rpm to see it and I see it's using the "head" command to
> avoid 
> problems if a .pid file is multiline...
> 
> And you seem to have a different head command somewhere _before_ the
> oficial 
> one in your PATH.
> 
> For the options I see, it's a command to talk to a web server (e.g. to
> give a 
> HEAD http protocol command to a server).
> 
> Try
>  which head
> and it will show you the head command being invoked.
> 
> In my vanilla RedHat 7.3 the real head command is at /usr/bin/head
> (maybe the 
> one being found in your system is in /usr/local/bin/head or something
> like 
> that.
> 
> Find out where is the "good" one it in your system. In RedHat it comes
> from 
> the textutils rpm.
> 
> You have a couple of choices:
> 1) get rid of the strange head command (or rename it to something like 
> httphead or something appropiate).
> 2) modify your PATH environment variable, so it finds the good head
> before.
> 3) modify /etc/rc.d/init.d/MailScanner so it invokes the correct one.
> 
> The third one is the easiest. Try the following (supposing the real head
> is 
> at /usr/bin/head):
> 
> cp /etc/rc.d/init.d/MailScanner /etc/rc.d/init.d/MailScanner.ORI
> sed -e sXheadX/usr/bin/headX /etc/rc.d/init.d/MailScanner.ORI \
>         > /etc/rc.d/init.d/MailScanner.NEW
> mv /etc/rc.d/init.d/MailScanner.NEW /etc/rc.d/init.d/MailScanner
> 
> HTH
> 
> El 25 Jun 2003 a las 18:51, Paul van Brouwershaven - Networking4all
> escribió:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I've installed Redhat 7.3 with Sendmail 8.11.6 and MailScanner 4.20.3.
> > When I try to shutdown or restart MailScanner sendmail gives the
> > following error message:
> > 
> >
> ========================================================================
> > 
> > Shutting down MailScanner daemons:
> >          MailScanner:                                      [  OK  ]
> >          incoming sendmail: Unknown option: 1
> > Usage: head [-options] <url>...
> >     -m <method>   use method for the request (default is 'HEAD')
> >     -f            make request even if head believes method is illegal
> >     -b <base>     Use the specified URL as base
> >     -t <timeout>  Set timeout value
> >     -i <time>     Set the If-Modified-Since header on the request
> >     -c <conttype> use this content-type for POST, PUT, CHECKIN
> >     -a            Use text mode for content I/O
> >     -p <proxyurl> use this as a proxy
> >     -P            don't load proxy settings from environment
> >     -H <header>   send this HTTP header (you can specify several)
> > 
> >     -u            Display method and URL before any response
> >     -U            Display request headers (implies -u)
> >     -s            Display response status code
> >     -S            Display response status chain
> >     -e            Display response headers
> >     -d            Do not display content
> >     -o <format>   Process HTML content in various ways
> > 
> >     -v            Show program version
> >     -h            Print this message
> > 
> >     -x            Extra debugging output
> > Unknown option: 1
> > Usage: head [-options] <url>...
> >     -m <method>   use method for the request (default is 'HEAD')
> >     -f            make request even if head believes method is illegal
> >     -b <base>     Use the specified URL as base
> >     -t <timeout>  Set timeout value
> >     -i <time>     Set the If-Modified-Since header on the request
> >     -c <conttype> use this content-type for POST, PUT, CHECKIN
> >     -a            Use text mode for content I/O
> >     -p <proxyurl> use this as a proxy
> >     -P            don't load proxy settings from environment
> >     -H <header>   send this HTTP header (you can specify several)
> > 
> >     -u            Display method and URL before any response
> >     -U            Display request headers (implies -u)
> >     -s            Display response status code
> >     -S            Display response status chain
> >     -e            Display response headers
> >     -d            Do not display content
> >     -o <format>   Process HTML content in various ways
> > 
> >     -v            Show program version
> >     -h            Print this message
> > 
> >     -x            Extra debugging output
> >                                                            [  OK  ]
> >          outgoing sendmail: Unknown option: 1
> > Usage: head [-options] <url>...
> >     -m <method>   use method for the request (default is 'HEAD')
> >     -f            make request even if head believes method is illegal
> >     -b <base>     Use the specified URL as base
> >     -t <timeout>  Set timeout value
> >     -i <time>     Set the If-Modified-Since header on the request
> >     -c <conttype> use this content-type for POST, PUT, CHECKIN
> >     -a            Use text mode for content I/O
> >     -p <proxyurl> use this as a proxy
> >     -P            don't load proxy settings from environment
> >     -H <header>   send this HTTP header (you can specify several)
> > 
> >     -u            Display method and URL before any response
> >     -U            Display request headers (implies -u)
> >     -s            Display response status code
> >     -S            Display response status chain
> >     -e            Display response headers
> >     -d            Do not display content
> >     -o <format>   Process HTML content in various ways
> > 
> >     -v            Show program version
> >     -h            Print this message
> > 
> >     -x            Extra debugging output
> >                                                            [  OK  ]
> > Starting MailScanner daemons:
> >          incoming sendmail:                                [  OK  ]
> >          outgoing sendmail:                                [  OK  ]
> >          MailScanner:                                      [  OK  ]
> > 
> > 
> >
> ========================================================================
> > 
> > The sendmail process is not restarting or shutting down.

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Mariano Absatz
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