MailScanner doesn't start on bootup

Glenn Steen glenn.steen at gmail.com
Sat Apr 8 14:51:05 IST 2006


On 08/04/06, Devon Harding <devonharding at gmail.com> wrote:
> Whenever I bootup my FC4 system & query MailScanner status, I get this:
>
> [root at mars ~]# service MailScanner status
> Checking MailScanner daemons:
>          MailScanner:       [FAILED]
>          incoming sendmail: head: cannot open `/var/run/sendmail.in.pid' for
> reading: No such file or directory
> [FAILED]
>          outgoing sendmail: head: cannot open `/var/run/sendmail.out.pid'
> for reading: No such file or directory
> ^[[A[FAILED]
>
> I have to do a 'service MailScanner restart' every time after bootup.  What
> causes this?
>
> -Devon
>
chkconfig --list | grep MailScanner
runlevel
... Is it on for your default runlevel?
If not, do the appropriate "chkconfig on" ting:-)

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