[pca] Latest Solaris10 patches

[Glenn Satchell]

You can configure the IPv6 loopback interface by touching
/etc/hostname6.<interfacename>, for example:

touch hostname6.hme0

Then reboot, or restart the loopback networks. It's a benign impact on the
system.

regards,
-glenn
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> Thanks - I will give it a try.  Is there any side effect of commenting
> this
> out?
> As per the BugID the workaround was
>
> svccfg -s sendmail setprop config/local_only=false
>
> *Description*
>
>
> --------------------------------
> sendmail[1581]: daemon MTA-v6: problem creating SMTP socket
> sendmail[1581]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): opendaemonsocket: daemon
> MTA-v6: cannot bind: Cannot assign requested address
> --------------------------------
>
> these are printed into console and cause problem during expect automation.
> Similar problem is described in CR *6722022* but only on local zones
> in Nevada, however root cause is the same ipv6 lo0 interface is not
> present on S10, but value config/local_only is set to true, therefor
> sendmail tries to bind to ipv6 interface which fails.
> grep DaemonPortOptions /etc/mail/sendmail.cf on S10 nightly
> s10u9_2010-02-18(RE) or s10u9_2010-02-21(RE) is reporting the same as
> on Nevada:
> -------------------------------
> # grep DaemonPortOptions /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
> O DaemonPortOptions=Name=MTA-v4, Family=inet
> O DaemonPortOptions=Name=MTA-v6, Family=inet6
> O DaemonPortOptions=Port=587, Name=MSA, M=E
> -------------------------------
>
> We did just the standard install, no modification to sendmail
> configurations.
>
>   *Work Around*
>
> change config/local_only property of sendmail to false or bring up
> inet6 lo0 interface
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Jeff Wieland <wieland at purdue.edu> wrote:
>
>> little help wrote:
>>
>>> It appears the latest solaris10 patches/kernel update split sendmail
>>> into
>>> two separate services (client and server).  However, once I reboot my
>>> host I
>>> get the error below.  I found a bug on this but it states it has been
>>> fixed
>>> in svn_103.  Being that I am running an earlier version it appear my
>>> only
>>> option is a workaround noted on the bug report.  Has anyone else seen
>>> this
>>> issue and do you know if there is a fix on the way?  Thanks.
>>>
>>> opendaemonsocket: daemon MTA-v6: server SMTP socket wedged: exiting
>>> daemon MTA-v6: problem creating SMTP socket
>>>
>>
>> Yep.  It's because you don't have IPv6 configured, but your sendmail.cf
>> is trying to use it anyway.  Check your sendmail.cf file for the
>> following
>> line:
>>
>> O DaemonPortOptions=Name=MTA-v6, Family=inet6
>>
>> comment it out, and clear the error with svcadm.
>>
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>>
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