On 10/13/07, Karl Larsen <k5di@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Vinayak Mahadevan wrote: > >> I thought it was localhost not > >> resolving. The answer is that your machine can't resolve its own name. > >> "k5di" is not defined in /etc/hosts, and your DNS servers are public > >> ones. What is your full hostname? k5di.xyz.com - what is the "xyz.com" > >> part of your machine's name? > >> > >> > > > > I had the same problem of sendmail and other net-related services > > starting after a delay. I first thought that selinux was the problem > > and then i had turned it off. That also did not solve the problem. > > Then once i changed my dns servers setting (Now I use opendns.com dns > > servers) I have not faced any problems and all the services are > > starting properly > > > > FWIW > > > > Vinayak > > > > > > > I have had all those problems in the past years. But this problem > yesterday was in fact caused by SELinux. I say that because different > from your experience when I turned off SELinux all the problems went away. You don't even KNOW when you turned SELinux off, so how can you say that? -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com )
