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mike@ubuntuServer:~$ service sendmail status
MSP: is run via cron (20m)
tail: cannot open `/var/run/sendmail/mta/sendmail.pid' for reading: Permission denied
MTA:
ERROR: List of process IDs must follow -p.
********* simple selection ********* ********* selection by list *********
-A all processes -C by command name
-N negate selection -G by real group ID (supports names)
-a all w/ tty except session leaders -U by real user ID (supports names)
-d all except session leaders -g by session OR by effective group name
-e all processes -p by process ID
T all processes on this terminal -s processes in the sessions given
a all w/ tty, including other users -t by tty
g OBSOLETE -- DO NOT USE -u by effective user ID (supports names)
r only running processes U processes for specified users
x processes w/o controlling ttys t by tty
*********** output format ********** *********** long options ***********
-o,o user-defined -f full --Group --User --pid --cols --ppid
-j,j job control s signal --group --user --sid --rows --info
-O,O preloaded -o v virtual memory --cumulative --format --deselect
-l,l long u user-oriented --sort --tty --forest --version
-F extra full X registers --heading --no-heading --context
********* misc options *********
-V,V show version L list format codes f ASCII art forest
-m,m,-L,-T,H threads S children in sum -y change -l format
-M,Z security data c true command name -c scheduling class
-w,w wide output n numeric WCHAN,UID -H process hierarchy
So I renamed the sendmail.pid in sendmail.in.pid, chowned it to root smmsp, and it works. Sendmail status tells me that everything is ok.
Brian: thank you for the idea.
Best wishes from Cologne.
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mike@ubuntuServer:~$ service sendmail status MSP: is run via cron (20m)
MTA: 807 /usr/sbin/sendmail-mta -Am -L sm-mta -bd -q10m
UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
root 807 1 0 Dec18 ? 00:00:01 sendmail: MTA: accepting connections
Daemon Status: Sendmail is running but not answering status queries.
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QUE: Same as MTA
