no more /var/run/sendmail.pid file

[Mikhail Goriachev]

Noah wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> FreeBSD 4.11
> ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.7/8.13.7
> 
> might you please help me with generating and/or finding an appropriate 
> /etc/mail/Makefile ?
> 
> since I upgraded to 8.13.7 there appears to no longer be a 
> /var/run/sendmail.pid file .
> 
> # make restart
> /bin/kill -HUP `head -1 /var/run/sendmail.pid`
> head: /var/run/sendmail.pid: No such file or directory
> usage: kill [-s signal_name] pid ...
>        kill -l [exit_status]
>        kill -signal_name pid ...
>        kill -signal_number pid ...
> *** Error code 1

Hi,

Is it at least running?

# ps -auxw | grep sendmail

If not, then, what happens if you do:

# make start


Cheers,
Mikhail.


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