error in sendmail AIXI

[jaykjoe]

I'm trying to set up sendmail on AIX 5.2 and this is the error message I'm getting after trying to send a test email:

Cannot open hash database /etc/mail/domaintable.db: A system call received a parameter that is not valid.
Cannot open hash database /etc/mail/mailertable.db: A system call received a parameter that is not valid.

I'm not what this message means. The 2 files exist, but they are blank. Is there suppose to be something inside the file? Thanks.

 

[rzs0502]

For a simple sendmail setup, those files are not required.
Check your sendmail.cf file in /etc/mail and check that these lines are hashed out. (This is from my AIX 5.2 box)

# Generics table (mapping outgoing addresses)
# TEST: Old one was dbm
#Kgenerics hash /etc/mail/genericstable

# Mailer table (overriding domains)
# TEST: Old one was dbm instead of hash!
#Kmailertable hash /etc/mail/mailertable

# Virtual user table (maps incoming users)
# TEST: Old one was dbm
#Kvirtuser hash /etc/mail/virtusertable

# Domain table (adding domains)
# TEST: Old one was dbm
#Kdomaintable hash /etc/mail/domaintable


"If you always do what you've always done, you will always be where you've always been."

 

[DSMARWAY]

hi ,
it sounds as if the version of sendmail is not compatible on the server you are running it on , check vbersion of sendmail ( did you download it from a site and is it the correct version for the OS you are running)

You can try de-installing sendmail and then re-installing it
from the operating system CD's fileset is

bos.net.tcp.client

HTH