queuing mail disappearing + sm-client error

[saqinternet]

Hi I have a RH AS2.1 machine running sendmail 8.12.8, i just updated to this version.

now when i try /etc/init.d/sendmail restart i get:

Shutting down sendmail: [ OK ]
Shutting down sm-client: [FAILED]
Starting sendmail: [ OK ]
Starting sm-client: [ OK ]

i added: define(`confPID_FILE',`/var/run/sm-client.pid')dnl to sendmail.mc and rebuilt the .cf file but it still doesn't work.

this server acts as a backup for exchange servers and should queue mail for external domains - which it does do but only for about 5 minutes, the queued mail then simply vanishes...

please help, i'm REALLY struggling with this one!

thanks

SJ

 

[Rhinokiller]

Check your permissions and make sure that you can actually create the PID where it needs to be.

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