redhat@??? (Jason Dale) writes:
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> -----------
> Nov 26 17:45:00 blackhawk sendmail: exim abandoned: unknown, malformed,
> or incomplete option -L
> Nov 26 17:45:00 blackhawk sendmail: sm-client startup failed
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>
> I *could* dig into all of the scripts and find out more about the '-L'
> above and find it's exim equivalent , but I am considering uninstalling
> sendmail and hoofing out all of it's spare parts , so that exim can run
> exclusively.
Look at /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail - the sendmail startup script.
Sendmail 8.12.x has two parts that start up - one the MSP (submitter) and
one the Daemon.
I'd suggest that you set up another initscript for Exim - grab it from the
Exim RPM perhaps.
> Before I pull the plug , I am trying to find out if there are any other
> services on Red Hat that rely in sendmail for their functioning and
> existence.
man rpm
srs
