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irr_notify gives error "*****No sendmail or mail binary found on system!***" #41

Closed tejasbelur closed 2 years ago

tejasbelur commented 7 years ago

When irr_notify program tries to send notification email for object updates in routing db the following error message is logged in submission.log file:

Feb 3 13:46:50 [8209] **No sendmail or mail binary found on system! Feb 3 13:46:50 [8209] **No notifications will be sent

The config .log has the following logged for sendmail program/command: [abc@xyz]$ grep -i sendmail config.log configure:4354: checking for sendmail configure:4373: found /usr/sbin/sendmail configure:4386: result: /usr/sbin/sendmail | #define HAVE_SENDMAIL 1 | #define HAVE_SENDMAIL 1 | #define HAVE_SENDMAIL 1 ac_cv_path_SENDMAIL_PATH=/usr/sbin/sendmail SENDMAIL_PATH='/usr/sbin/sendmail'

define HAVE_SENDMAIL 1

the location of sendmail is as follows: [abc@xyz]$ ll /usr/sbin/sendmail lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jun 3 2016 /usr/sbin/sendmail -> /etc/alternatives/mta [abc@xyz]$ ll /etc/alternatives/mta lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jun 3 2016 /etc/alternatives/mta -> /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail [abc@xyz]$ ll /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail -rwxr-sr-x 1 root smmsp 833512 Jun 17 2010 /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail

Please let me know how this issue can be resolved? This issue is for irrd version 2.3.10.

haussli commented 7 years ago

Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 05:57:18AM -0800, Tejas Belur:

When irr_notify program tries to send notification email for object updates in routing db the following error message is logged in submission.log file:

Feb 3 13:46:50 [8209] **No sendmail or mail binary found on system! Feb 3 13:46:50 [8209] **No notifications will be sent

The config .log has the following logged for sendmail program/command: [abc@xyz]$ grep -i sendmail config.log configure:4354: checking for sendmail configure:4373: found /usr/sbin/sendmail configure:4386: result: /usr/sbin/sendmail | #define HAVE_SENDMAIL 1 | #define HAVE_SENDMAIL 1 | #define HAVE_SENDMAIL 1 ac_cv_path_SENDMAIL_PATH=/usr/sbin/sendmail SENDMAIL_PATH='/usr/sbin/sendmail'

define HAVE_SENDMAIL 1

the location of sendmail is as follows: [abc@xyz]$ ll /usr/sbin/sendmail lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jun 3 2016 /usr/sbin/sendmail -> /etc/alternatives/mta [abc@xyz]$ ll /etc/alternatives/mta lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jun 3 2016 /etc/alternatives/mta -> /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail [abc@xyz]$ ll /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail -rwxr-sr-x 1 root smmsp 833512 Jun 17 2010 /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail

Please let me know how this issue can be resolved? This issue is for irrd version 2.3.10.

can you move forward to 3.0.8?

tejasbelur commented 7 years ago

Thanks for your quick response. Installed 3.0.8 but still the same error is persisting. Details below:

[abc@xyz sbin]$ tail -n 5 /var/log/irrd/submission.log Feb 6 04:24:00 [23651] NO CHANGE: [route] 65.49.224.0/22 AS38621 Feb 6 04:24:00 [23651] **No sendmail or mail binary found on system! Feb 6 04:24:00 [23651] **No notifications will be sent Feb 6 04:24:00 [23651]

[abc@xyz sbin]$ irrd -version irrd: invalid option -- 'e' Usage: irrd [-a turn on atomic transaction mode] [-d ] [-f ] [-g ] [-l ] [-n do not daemonize] [-s ] [-u don't allow privileged commands] [-v verbose mode] [-w ] [-x cancel bootstrap missing DB auto-fetch]

IRRd 3.0.8 [25Apr2014] compiled on Feb 5 2017 [abc@xyz sbin]$

tejasbelur commented 7 years ago

Hi @haussli , this is a bit urgent issue and hence it would be great if you can guide on the resolution - whether code issue or config issue or whether I need to raise issue via some other channel. Thanks in advance!