sendmail service doesnt automatically start on fedora 15

[ryb37]

hi guys
i recently upgraded to fedora 15 and i have noticed that my send mail service doesn't automatically start on boot yet chkconfig --list sendmail shows me that it is configured correctly to start on all run levels
and when i start it from the prompt it starts without any errors and works normally till the next reboot. the problem is some times when i reboot the machine i may forget to start it yet i utilise it heavily for the services i run on the machine so any advise on how i could go about this is welcome

[linux2001]

Try to do

# chkconfig sendmail on

and reboot.
Cat the ouput of

# ll /etc/rcX.d/

java swing

[ryb37]

service still didn't start automatically after i followed the instructions you provided

root@ugn37series etc]# ll rc3.d/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 15 Jun 30 15:58 K01smolt -> ../init.d/smolt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Jul 4 00:27 K01yum-cron -> ../init.d/yum-cron
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jul 3 22:51 K09vdr -> ../init.d/vdr
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 19 Jun 30 16:10 K10dc_server -> ../init.d/dc_server
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 16 Jun 30 16:10 K10psacct -> ../init.d/psacct
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 19 Jun 30 15:58 K10saslauthd -> ../init.d/saslauthd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jul 3 22:30 K10zvbid -> ../init.d/zvbid
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 19 Jun 30 16:10 K12dc_client -> ../init.d/dc_client
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 18 Jun 30 20:20 K15gearmand -> ../init.d/gearmand
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 17 Jun 30 20:25 K16php-fpm -> ../init.d/php-fpm
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 14 Jun 30 16:10 K24irda -> ../init.d/irda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 9 06:25 K25squid -> ../init.d/squid
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Jun 30 15:58 K35nmb -> ../init.d/nmb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jul 31 09:33 K46radvd -> ../init.d/radvd
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 17 Jun 30 15:58 K50dnsmasq -> ../init.d/dnsmasq
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 20 Jun 30 15:57 K50netconsole -> ../init.d/netconsole
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 15 Jun 30 15:58 K50snmpd -> ../init.d/snmpd
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 19 Jun 30 15:58 K50snmptrapd -> ../init.d/snmptrapd
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 16 Jun 30 16:10 K50vsftpd -> ../init.d/vsftpd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jul 31 09:33 K60nfs -> ../init.d/nfs
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 14 Jun 30 15:57 K66gpsd -> ../init.d/gpsd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jul 31 09:33 K69rpcsvcgssd -> ../init.d/rpcsvcgssd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Jul 4 00:27 K70yum-updateonboot -> ../init.d/yum-updateonboot
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 14 Jun 30 20:20 K74gfs2 -> ../init.d/gfs2
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 14 Jun 30 15:58 K74ntpd -> ../init.d/ntpd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Oct 6 02:26 K74ypbind -> ../init.d/ypbind
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 17 Jun 30 15:58 K75ntpdate -> ../init.d/ntpdate
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 17 Jun 30 15:59 K76openvpn -> ../init.d/openvpn
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 16 Jun 30 16:07 K84btseed -> ../init.d/btseed
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 17 Jun 30 16:07 K84bttrack -> ../init.d/bttrack
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Oct 6 02:26 K84wpa_supplicant -> ../init.d/wpa_supplicant
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 18 Jun 30 20:20 K85ebtables -> ../init.d/ebtables
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 15 Jun 30 15:58 K86cgred -> ../init.d/cgred
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 20 Jun 30 16:10 K87multipathd -> ../init.d/multipathd
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 28 Jun 30 15:57 K87speech-dispatcherd -> ../init.d/speech-dispatcherd
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 15 Jun 30 15:57 K89rdisc -> ../init.d/rdisc
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 17 Jun 30 15:57 K90network -> ../init.d/network
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 19 Jun 30 16:16 K95firstboot -> ../init.d/firstboot
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 17 Jun 30 16:05 K99sandbox -> ../init.d/sandbox
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 22 Jun 30 20:20 S02lvm2-monitor -> ../init.d/lvm2-monitor
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 18 Jun 30 20:21 S05cgconfig -> ../init.d/cgconfig
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 16 Jun 30 20:20 S07iscsid -> ../init.d/iscsid
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 19 Jun 30 15:53 S08ip6tables -> ../init.d/ip6tables
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 18 Jun 30 15:53 S08iptables -> ../init.d/iptables
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 16 Jun 30 15:56 S11auditd -> ../init.d/auditd
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 21 Jun 30 15:56 S11portreserve -> ../init.d/portreserve
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 17 Jun 30 15:58 S12rsyslog -> ../init.d/rsyslog
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 18 Jun 30 16:10 S13cpuspeed -> ../init.d/cpuspeed
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Oct 6 02:26 S13iscsi -> ../init.d/iscsi
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 17 Jun 30 15:55 S13rpcbind -> ../init.d/rpcbind
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 19 Jun 30 15:58 S15mdmonitor -> ../init.d/mdmonitor
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Aug 3 12:24 S22messagebus -> ../init.d/messagebus
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 24 Jun 30 15:58 S23NetworkManager -> ../init.d/NetworkManager
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 22 Jun 30 15:57 S24avahi-daemon -> ../init.d/avahi-daemon
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Sep 19 09:53 S24nfslock -> ../init.d/nfslock
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Sep 19 09:53 S24rpcgssd -> ../init.d/rpcgssd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Sep 19 09:53 S24rpcidmapd -> ../init.d/rpcidmapd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Sep 1 07:09 S25cups -> ../init.d/cups
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 15 Jun 30 15:57 S25netfs -> ../init.d/netfs
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 15 Jun 30 16:10 S26acpid -> ../init.d/acpid
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 15 Jun 30 15:57 S27pcscd -> ../init.d/pcscd
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 14 Jun 30 16:10 S55sshd -> ../init.d/sshd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jun 30 23:55 S56xinetd -> ../init.d/xinetd
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 16 Jun 30 16:40 S64mysqld -> ../init.d/mysqld
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Oct 6 02:26 S80sendmail -> ../init.d/sendmail
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 19 Jun 30 15:56 S82abrt-ccpp -> ../init.d/abrt-ccpp
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 15 Jun 30 15:56 S82abrtd -> ../init.d/abrtd
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 19 Jun 30 15:56 S82abrt-oops -> ../init.d/abrt-oops
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Jun 30 20:20 S84ksm -> ../init.d/ksm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 19 09:53 S85httpd -> ../init.d/httpd
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 18 Jun 30 20:20 S85ksmtuned -> ../init.d/ksmtuned
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Jun 30 16:40 S91smb -> ../init.d/smb
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 13 Jun 30 16:10 S95atd -> ../init.d/atd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Jul 31 09:33 S97libvirtd -> ../init.d/libvirtd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jul 4 00:28 S97rhnsd -> ../init.d/rhnsd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jul 4 00:27 S97yum-updatesd -> ../init.d/yum-updatesd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jul 31 09:33 S99libvirt-guests -> ../init.d/libvirt-guests
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 11 Jun 30 15:57 S99rc-local -> ../rc.local

[linux2001]

When I check the output sendmail is configured to start.
S80sendmail -> ../init.d/sendmail
Check if sendmail depend on other services (like ldap) to start.
If yes this services (ie ldap) must start before sendmail.

[glennzo]

Use the systemctl command to start and stop services for Fedora 15.

[root@satellite15 glenn># systemctl status sendmail.service
sendmail.service - LSB: start and stop sendmail
	  Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail)
	  Active: active (running) since Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:46:47 -0400; 55s ago
	 Process: 1797 ExecReload=/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail reload (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
	 Process: 1029 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
	Main PID: 1144 (sendmail)
	  CGroup: name=systemd:/system/sendmail.service
		  ├ 1144 /usr/sbin/sendmail -bd -q1h
		  └ 1193 /usr/sbin/sendmail -L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q1h

Have a look at man systemctl

PHP Code:

systemctl enable sendmail.service
systemctl start sendmail.service
systemctl stop sendmail.service
systemctl status sendmail.service 


[ryb37]

@linux2001 how do i check if it is dependant on other services to start please guide me
@glennzo i am unfortunately still heavily reliant on the old fedora way of doing things since i am not yet very well conversant with systemctl but when i tried to enable and check the status of send mail using the commands you gave me all looked fine so i still don't understand what is causing this

[root@ugn37series ~]# systemctl status sendmail.service
sendmail.service - LSB: start and stop sendmail
          Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail)
          Active: active (running) since Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:36:10 +0300; 23h ago
        Main PID: 2362 (sendmail)
          CGroup: name=systemd:/system/sendmail.service
                  ├ 2362 sendmail: accepting connections
                  └ 2370 sendmail: Queue runner@01:00:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue

and guys also some help on the new systemctl is welcome since i haven't yet found good documentation on how it all fits in and what now lies under systemctl and where what is in systemctl used to be before

[jpollard]

Is the indicated PID actually present?

[ryb37]

yes the PID is present the problem is not sendmail not working it is that i have to start it manually every time yet it seems correctly set to start automatically during reboot but when started it works just fine

[jpollard]

Hmmm. Sounds more like it may be a network problem.

What is the error when it doesn't start?

[ryb37]

doesn't give any error when manually started