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Author How do I disable Sendmail?
Joe Befumo

2005-08-07, 5:53 pm

I tried installing a different mail server (via an RPM), and now my machine
hhangs when booting at the "Starting Sendmail" line. I was able to use
interactive boot to bypass that line, but now I need to know how to disable
sendmail from trying to start at boot. I'm assuming there's a config file
somewhere? Maybe in /boot? Could someone help out with details? Thanks.
--
Joe
http://www.befumo.com
ARS

2005-08-07, 5:53 pm

Joe Befumo <joe@befumo.com> wrote:

> I tried installing a different mail server (via an RPM), and now my machine
> hhangs when booting at the "Starting Sendmail" line. I was able to use
> interactive boot to bypass that line, but now I need to know how to disable
> sendmail from trying to start at boot. I'm assuming there's a config file
> somewhere? Maybe in /boot? Could someone help out with details? Thanks.


To disable sendmail:
chkconfig --level 12345 sendmail off

To remove sendamail:
rpm -qa | grep sendmail

do "rpm -e" on the list produced above -- N.B. There WILL be some
dependencies.

Also, you may also need to reset the system default MTA -- with redhet
it's something like system-config-mail. I forget the exact command.

ARS

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