[CentOS] boot hangs on trying to start sendmail

Joshua Gimer wrote:
> Make sure that the system has an entry for itself in /etc/hosts. This 
> will allow the system to boot up even if DNS is unavailable.
It was there, but the host name only. Not the FQDN. I KNEW that....

Ya know, it really doesn't help knowing the insides of all those RFCs. 
The time sitting with Vixie, Mockapetris and others at an IETF bar. When 
it comes down to it, you just have to do the work and dot those Is and 
cross those Ts.
>
> Josh
>
> On Dec 27, 2007, at 8:29 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>
>> Ed Donahue wrote:
>>> At startup, you will see a message that say Press I to run in 
>>> interactive mode, there you can reject starting sendmail when you 
>>> are prompted.
>> Now this is something to add to my Linux support/admin notes.
>>
>> THANKS!
>>>
>>> On Dec 27, 2007 10:03 AM, Robert Moskowitz < rgm at htt-consult.com 
>>> <mailto:rgm at htt-consult.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I am building a new server. It will be a temporary firewall of
>>> sorts.
>>>
>>> I am well into the config, made a lot of changes; almost ready to
>>> set it
>>> up in the target networks, but now....
>>>
>>> The system hangs trying to start sendmail. I was thinking hard about
>>> disabling sendmail, but thought I needed it for internal
>>> functions, so
>>> did not. yet.
>>>
>>> So is there someway to get the system working so I can change
>>> something
>>> like disable sendmail?
>>>
>>> The system has no cdrom, diskette, etc. In fact the kybd/monitor
>>> require a special temp setup. Perhaps I can edit the kernel line in
>>> grub to disable something?
>>>
>>> If necessary, I can pull the drive and put it in a system that does
>>> support cdrom. That is the way I did the initial harddrive install.
>>>
>>>
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