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

[pirat]

hi sirs,

On Friday, 23 January 2004 at  0:56:34 -0800, Don Lewis wrote:
> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:56:34 -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:
> > 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.
> > 
> 
> Do you have a <HOSTNAME>.mc in /etc/mail?  If so, the Makefile will pick
> that instead of freebsd.mc.
> 

i rm all of them before doing make

>
> As long as the .mc file uses OSTYPE(freebsd4) and nothing else
> overrides LOCAL_MAILER_PATH, the definition of LOCAL_MAILER_PATH in
> /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf/ostype/freebsd4.m4 should override the
> default in local.m4.
> 
> For doing final delivery to /var/mail/username you need to use
> /usr/libexec/mail.local if you are running FreeBSD 4.x, unless you have
> installed some other local delivery agent such as procmail, etc.
> 

i use only sendmail.

>
> This is what I've got in my /etc/mail/freebsd.cf file, which is created
> from freebsd.mc, on my 4.9-STABLE machine.
> 
> Mlocal,         P=/usr/libexec/mail.local, F=lsDFMAw5:/|@qPSXfmnz9, S=EnvFromSMT
> P/HdrFromL, R=EnvToL/HdrToL,
>                 T=DNS/RFC822/SMTP,
>                 A=mail.local -l
> 

currently, my Mlocal is the same as yours.  this is quite strange.

>
> I have not made any modifications to /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/*
> 

i will revert local.m4 back and retry.
thanks for your hints and helps indeed.

-- 
with best regards,
psr

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