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

[Traiano Welcome]

Jethro R Binks wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, Traiano Welcome wrote:
>
>   
>> This is what's in rancid.conf
>>
>> ---
>> % grep PATH /etc/rancid/rancid.conf
>> PATH=/usr/lib/rancid/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin; export PATH
>> ---
>>
>> It looks like the path to sendmail is in the shell environment as well:
>>
>> ---
>> % env | grep PATH
>> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
>>     
>
> And:
>
>   
>> When I su to rancid and test using my script, I get a mail.
>>     
>
> So it's a classic case of a cron job having a different environment to the 
> shell.
>
>   


*ahem* :-) Yes. Thanks, time to institute change control ...


>> /usr/sbin/sendmail: symbolic link to `exim4'
>>     
>
> You need to add "/usr/sbin" to the path in rancid.conf.
>
> 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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