Ahh, the old, the easiest solution is probably the one that works..... Congrats on the fix :) Thanks, Tom Callahan TESSCO Technologies Inc. -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jeff Boyce Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 3:37 PM To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'; Callahan, Tom Subject: Re: /etc/host or /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/host ? SOLVED Thanks for the suggestions Tom. Here is what I found and how I solved it. I first checked the tape backup log file for the Arkiea tape backup software as I suspected that this might identify if there was a problem in the hosts file as two of our desktops are backed up from the server. This showed that they backed up ok. I then checked the /etc/aliases file for sendmail to verify that it had my current aliases configuration; this was ok. Then checked the /etc/aliases.rpmnew file as you suggested. This file contained a basic alias file that had not been custom configured. So apparently my system updates have not over-written my configuration files. I ran the newaliases macro to be sure that the aliases were recognized. Re-running the newaliases command may, or may not, have been needed, but that did not let loose mail from the queue. Finally I checked what I should have looked at from the beginning; sendmail was not running. I am setup as a file server and do not run a mail service, the only mail that transits our server is the administrative messages directed to root from various applications. I restarted sendmail and it opened the floodgates from the mail queue. >From this little exercise I have learned that my system is reading my hosts file from /etc/hosts and not from /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/hosts. I think I may synchronize these files just in case something changes on my system in the future and it looks for hosts in the /sysconfig directory. Thanks for your assistance. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Callahan, Tom" <CallahanT@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "'Jeff Boyce'" <jboyce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'" <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 10:43 AM Subject: RE: /etc/host or /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/host ? > The files in /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/ should directly > emulate what is your used configuration, otherwise upon reboot you could > lose your current settings, as I believe it loads your configs from that > directory. > > I created a script awhile back that syncs up my current networking configs > to that directory, and it runs every hour, so I won't by accident lose the > settings if I have a system crash, or such a thing. Also... > > Check your sendmail aliases file. More than likely, you had changed the > alias root to point to your email address, and during the up2date, it > updated sendmail and overwrote your aliases file. > > If this happened, you old alias file will be /etc/aliases.rpmsave or > something to that degree. > > Thanks, > Tom Callahan > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jeff Boyce > Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 12:44 PM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: /etc/host or /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/host ? > > > Greetings - > > I upgraded the kernel on my RHEL 3 file server last week and am now at > 2.4.21-37.ELsmp. I was previously at the stock 2.4.21-4.ELsmp kernel. > The > results of the up2date process appeared to go well at the time. Now I > have > noticed that I am not receiving the daily email notifications for Logwatch > and my tape backup software. I looked at my /etc/host file and saw that > it > was the same as it was before updating my kernel. I checked some of my > reference manuals and one mentioned that it referenced the location of the > host file in /etc/sysconfig directory. I found a host file at > /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/host. I don't know if this > host > file was there previous to my kernel upgrade. This host file is different > than the one in /etc/host which I had previously configured for our > network. > > Can anyone tell me which one I should have configured for my network? Is > it > > possible that the new kernel looks for the host file under the > /etc/sysconfig directory whereas the old kernel looked for it under just > the > > /etc directory? > > Thanks. > > Jeff Boyce > www.meridianenv.com > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
