SYSERR(root) Can not exec /bin/mail: No such file or directory

[pirat]

On Friday, 23 January 2004 at  0:04:20 -0800, Don Lewis wrote:
> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:04:20 -0800 (PST)
> From: Don Lewis <truckman at FreeBSD.org>
> Subject: Re: SYSERR(root) Can not exec /bin/mail: No such file or directory
> To: pirat at access.inet.co.th
> cc: freebsd-stable at FreeBSD.org
> 
> On 23 Jan, pirat wrote:
> > hi sirs,
> > 
> > i hvae just noticed that if  /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf/mailer/local.m4 has
> > a line that says
> > 
> > ifdef(`LOCAL_MAILER_PATH',, `define(`LOCAL_MAILER_PATH', /bin/mail)')
> > 
> > will result in error at boot time.  i simply change that line to
> > 
> > ifdef(`LOCAL_MAILER_PATH',, `define(`LOCAL_MAILER_PATH', /usr/bin/mail)')
> > 
> > and error disappears after doing make install at /etc/mail.  but i do not
> > know of any side effects will happen.  my system is
> > 
> > [firak] /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf/mailer # uname -a
> > FreeBSD firak.thai-aec.org 4.9-STABLE FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE #3: Fri Jan 23 10:25:43
> >  ICT 2004     root at firak.thai-aec.org:/var/obj/usr/src/sys/Firak  i386
> > [firak] /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf/mailer #
> 
> It looks like your sendmail .mc file (which is used to build your
> sendmail.cf) is missing the
> 	OSTYPE(freebsd4)
> statement which pulls in
> /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf/ostype/freebsd4.m4,
> which defines LOCAL_MAILER_PATH as /usr/libexec/mail.local.  You'll
> probably want to use /etc/mail/freebsd.mc as the starting point for your
> sendmail configuration.
> 

yes it has but upon reboot for a few time `can not exec /bin/mail' still
show up.  and that is why i have to edit local.m4 instead.

there is no sendmail.mc but freebsd.mc
 
thanks for your time indeed.

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