[rancid] Re: RANCID Log Messages: "sendmail: not found" with no mailed diffs

[Jethro R Binks]

On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, Traiano Welcome wrote:

> I'm using Ubuntu based on lenn/sid, so this was installed using the 
> debian package management system - it doesn't look like a config.log was 
> kept ... Is there a way to check this on debian like systems?

Check that the PATH you have in rancid.conf contains sendmail, which is 
sourced by rancid-run and hence inherit by control_rancid.

Jethro.


> 
> 
> 
> Ryan West wrote:
> > Can you check your config.log and compare to your which for sendmail, sounds like they might not match up.
> >
> > -ryan
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Traiano Welcome [mailto:twelcome at tenet.ac.za] 
> > Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 9:31 AM
> > To: Ryan West
> > Cc: rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net
> > Subject: Re: [rancid] RANCID Log Messages: "sendmail: not found" with no mailed diffs
> >
> > Hi Ryan
> >
> >
> > Ryan West wrote:
> >   
> >> Traiano,
> >>
> >> The software is attempting to send you the diffs, but it seems you've removed sendmail.  
> >>     
> >
> > That was also my first suspicion, but I've checked that I can still use 
> > sendmail on my server ( "| sendmail -t" as is used in the control_rancid 
> > script). Also, I snipped a bit out of control_rancid that actually sends 
> > the diff and tested that it sends mail, for example, this bit works if 
> > put into a shell script:
> >
> > ---
> > #!/bin/sh
> > ( echo "To: twelcome at tenet.ac.za"
> > echo "Subject: no /usr/lib/rancid/router.db file"
> > echo "Precedence: bulk"
> > echo ""
> > echo "router.db does not exist."
> > ) | sendmail -t
> > ---
> >
> > These are the details of sendmail on my box (it's actually a wrapper 
> > around exim4, but it's always been that way):
> >
> > ---
> >
> > root at cyclops:~/analysis/ranci# which sendmail
> > /usr/sbin/sendmail
> >
> > root at cyclops:~/analysis/ranci# file `which sendmail`
> > /usr/sbin/sendmail: symbolic link to `exim4'
> >
> > ---
> >
> > Hmmm, I'm at a loss.
> >
> > Traiano
> >
> >   
> >> It might be easiest to just go back into the rancid source directory, check your config.log and see how you ran the configure script and re-run it.  Then 'make install' and it should use whatever new program you're using now.
> >>
> >>
> >> -ryan
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: rancid-discuss-bounces at shrubbery.net [mailto:rancid-discuss-bounces at shrubbery.net] On Behalf Of Traiano Welcome
> >> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 4:05 AM
> >> To: rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net
> >> Subject: [rancid] RANCID Log Messages: "sendmail: not found" with no mailed diffs
> >>
> >> Hi List
> >>
> >> I've been getting the following log messages in my rancid logs recently, 
> >> along with no emailed diffs (although the cvs updates are happening):
> >>
> >> ---
> >> /usr/lib/rancid/bin/control_rancid: 397: sendmail: not found
> >> ---
> >>
> >> What might the cause of these messages be? As far as I can tell, it 
> >> looks like control_rancid is not finding any diffs to mail when called, 
> >> even though running "cvs log <filename>" shows the most recent committed 
> >> changes correctly.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Traiano
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Jethro R Binks
Computing Officer, IT Services, University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK