getting error postfix/sendmail: fatal: usage: sendmail [options]. Its BACCCK

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jasonhirsh

Ok I haver had two posts on this matter. Why is sendmail sending me messages. (which is solved ) and getting error postfix/sendmail: fatal: usage: sendmail [options].
ethic has re-emerged even though
Postfix . works fine except for throwing this error every 5 minutes.

My

mailer.conf


(in both locations) is

sendmail /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
send-mail /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
mailq /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
newaliases /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
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and when I run

newaliases


I get no errors
Checked our Cron schedule and I have nothing .

As far as I can tell my mail system is working fine. Do I just grin and bear?
 
Don't tell us about the log, show us it... it's only anecdotal so far, very light on attempts to trace the source...
 
Ok. Ifor info have addressed this in several threads

why is sendmail sending me messges

and

getting error postfix/sendmail: fatal: usage: sendmail [options]
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As to te log


pr 16 12:12:00 triggerfish dovecot[27628]: imap-login: Login: user=<admin@theoceanwindow.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=69.142.122.175, lip=209.160.65.133, mpid=76453, TLS, session=<EJKOi+cyP+tFjnqv>
Apr 16 12:12:00 triggerfish dovecot[27628]: imap-login: Login: user=<jason@kasdivi.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=69.142.122.175, lip=209.160.65.133, mpid=76455, TLS, session=<wLCRi+cyQOtFjnqv>
Apr 16 12:12:36 triggerfish sshd[76456]: Invalid user from 64.62.156.34 port 32267
Apr 16 12:12:40 triggerfish sshd[76456]: Connection closed by invalid user 64.62.156.34 port 32267 [preauth]
Apr 16 12:12:56 triggerfish dovecot[27628]: imap-login: Login: user=<jason@theoceanwindow.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=69.142.122.175, lip=209.160.65.133, mpid=76460, TLS, session=<M/7fjucyRetFjnqv>
Apr 16 12:12:56 triggerfish dovecot[27628]: imap-login: Login: user=<admin@theoceanwindow.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=69.142.122.175, lip=209.160.65.133, mpid=76461, TLS, session=<Zf3fjucyRutFjnqv>
Apr 16 12:13:02 triggerfish postfix/sendmail[76506]: fatal: usage: sendmail [options]
Apr 16 12:14:11 triggerfish dovecot[27628]: imap-login: Login: user=<jason@theoceanwindow.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=69.142.122.175, lip=209.160.65.133, mpid=76525, TLS, session=<4FNdk+cye/9Fjnqv>
Apr 16 12:14:11 triggerfish dovecot[27628]: imap-login: Login: user=<admin@theoceanwindow.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=69.142.122.175, lip=209.160.65.133, mpid=76526, TLS, session=<41Ndk+cyef9Fjnqv>
Apr 16 12:14:11 triggerfish dovecot[27628]: imap-login: Login: user=<jason@kasdivi.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=69.142.122.175, lip=209.160.65.133, mpid=76527, TLS, session=<NJ1dk+cyev9Fjnqv>
Apr 16 12:14:11 triggerfish dovecot[27628]: imap(jason@theoceanwindow.com)<76525><4FNdk+cye/9Fjnqv>: Disconnected: Logged out in=36 out=556 deleted=0 expunged=0 trashed=0 hdr_count=0 hdr_bytes=0 body_count=0 body_bytes=0
Apr 16 12:14:11 triggerfish dovecot[27628]: imap(admin@theoceanwindow.com)<76526><41Ndk+cyef9Fjnqv>: Disconnected: Logged out in=36 out=556 deleted=0 expunged=0 trashed=0 hdr_count=0 hdr_bytes=0 body_count=0 body_bytes=0
Apr 16 12:14:11 triggerfish dovecot[27628]: imap(jason@kasdivi.com)<76527><NJ1dk+cyev9Fjnqv>: Disconnected: Logged out in=36 out=556 deleted=0 expunged=0 trashed=0 hdr_count=0 hdr_bytes=0 body_count=0 body_bytes=0
Apr 16 12:14:12 triggerfish dovecot[27628]: imap-login: Disconnected: Connection closed (no auth attempts in 0 secs): user=<>, rip=64.62.156.188, lip=209.160.65.133, session=<GoFyk+cygR1APpy8>
Apr 16 12:14:25 triggerfish dovecot[27628]: imap-login: Disconnected: Connection closed (no auth attempts in 0 secs): user=<>, rip=64.62.156.188, lip=209.160.65.133, TLS: Connection closed, session=<GKM2lOcy4V9APpy8>
Apr 16 12:14:58 triggerfish sshguard[2494]: 60.243.188.78: unblocking after 436 secs
Apr 16 12:14:58 triggerfish sshguard[2494]: 220.246.46.166: unblocking after 423 secs
Apr 16 12:15:13 triggerfish dovecot[27628]: imap-login: Disconnected: Too many invalid commands (no auth attempts in 0 secs): user=<>, rip=64.62.156.185, lip=209.160.65.133, session=<eAUMl+cyk8JAPpy5>
Apr 16 12:18:02 triggerfish postfix/sendmail[76568]: fatal: usage: sendmail [options]
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a lot of stuff

/usr/local/etc/postfix/aliases:# updated with "newaliases" or with "sendmail -bi".
/usr/local/etc/postfix/aliases.sample:# updated with "newaliases" or with "sendmail -bi".
/usr/local/etc/postfix/bounce.cf.default:# The verify template is used for address verification (sendmail -bv
/usr/local/etc/postfix/bounce.cf.default:# address...) or for verbose mail delivery (sendmail -v address...).
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main,055bad:# are built with "newaliases" or "sendmail -bi". This is a separate
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main,055bad:# "ETRN domain.tld" command, or by executing "sendmail -qRdomain.tld".
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main,055bad:# sendmail_path: The full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main,055bad:sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.0224:# are built with "newaliases" or "sendmail -bi". This is a separate
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.0224:# "ETRN domain.tld" command, or by executing "sendmail -qRdomain.tld".
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.0224:# sendmail_path: The full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command.
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.0224:sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.03262025:# are built with "newaliases" or "asendmail -bi". This is a separate
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.03262025:# "ETRN domain.tld" command, or by executing "sendmail -qRdomain.tld".
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.03262025:# sendmail_path: The full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command.
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.03262025:#sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.0415:# are built with "newaliases" or "sendmail -bi". This is a separate
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.0415:# "ETRN domain.tld" command, or by executing "sendmail -qRdomain.tld".
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.0415:# sendmail_path: The full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command.
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.0415:sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.0512am:# are built with "newaliases" or "sendmail -bi". This is a separate
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.0512am:# "ETRN domain.tld" command, or by executing "sendmail -qRdomain.tld".
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.0512am:# sendmail_path: The full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command.
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.0512am:sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.0516:# are built with "newaliases" or "sendmail -bi". This is a separate
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.0516:# "ETRN domain.tld" command, or by executing "sendmail -qRdomain.tld".
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.0516:# sendmail_path: The full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command.
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.0516:sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.112724:# are built with "newaliases" or "asendmail -bi". This is a separate
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.112724:# "ETRN domain.tld" command, or by executing "sendmail -qRdomain.tld".
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.112724:# sendmail_path: The full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command.
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.112724:#sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.120524:# are built with "newaliases" or "asendmail -bi". This is a separate
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.120524:# "ETRN domain.tld" command, or by executing "sendmail -qRdomain.tld".
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.120524:# sendmail_path: The full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command.
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.120524:#sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.2172025:# are built with "newaliases" or "asendmail -bi". This is a separate
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.2172025:# "ETRN domain.tld" command, or by executing "sendmail -qRdomain.tld".
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.2172025:# sendmail_path: The full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command.
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.2172025:#sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.555:# are built with "newaliases" or "sendmail -bi". This is a separate
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.555:# "ETRN domain.tld" command, or by executing "sendmail -qRdomain.tld".
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.555:# sendmail_path: The full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command.
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.555:sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.614:# are built with "newaliases" or "sendmail -bi". This is a separate
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.614:# "ETRN domain.tld" command, or by executing "sendmail -qRdomain.tld".
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.614:# sendmail_path: The full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command.
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.614:sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.Nokas:# are built with "newaliases" or "sendmail -bi". This is a separate
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.Nokas:# "ETRN domain.tld" command, or by executing "sendmail -qRdomain.tld".
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.Nokas:# sendmail_path: The full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command.
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.Nokas:sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.bad7:# are built with "newaliases" or "sendmail -bi". This is a separate
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.bad7:# "ETRN domain.tld" command, or by executing "sendmail -qRdomain.tld".
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.bad7:# sendmail_path: The full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command.
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.bad7:sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf:# are built with "newaliases" or "asendmail -bi". This is a separate
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf:# "ETRN domain.tld" command, or by executing "sendmail -qRdomain.tld".
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf:# sendmail_path: The full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command.
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf:#sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf.default:sendmail_fix_line_endings = always
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf.default:sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf.default:smtputf8_autodetect_classes = sendmail, verify
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf.old:# are built with "newaliases" or "sendmail -bi". This is a separate
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf.old:# "ETRN domain.tld" command, or by executing "sendmail -qRdomain.tld".
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf.old:# sendmail_path: The full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command.
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf.old:sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf.sample:# are built with "newaliases" or "sendmail -bi". This is a separate
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf.sample:# "ETRN domain.tld" command, or by executing "sendmail -qRdomain.tld".
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf.sample:# sendmail_path: The full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command.
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf.sample:sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf0510:# are built with "newaliases" or "sendmail -bi". This is a separate
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf0510:# "ETRN domain.tld" command, or by executing "sendmail -qRdomain.tld".
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf0510:# sendmail_path: The full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command.
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf0510:sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cfx:# are built with "newaliases" or "sendmail -bi". This is a separate
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cfx:# "ETRN domain.tld" command, or by executing "sendmail -qRdomain.tld".
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cfx:# sendmail_path: The full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command.
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cfx:sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.dec24:# are built with "newaliases" or "asendmail -bi". This is a separate
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.dec24:# "ETRN domain.tld" command, or by executing "sendmail -qRdomain.tld".
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.dec24:# sendmail_path: The full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command.
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.dec24:#sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.good:# are built with "newaliases" or "sendmail -bi". This is a separate
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.good:# "ETRN domain.tld" command, or by executing "sendmail -qRdomain.tld".
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.good:# sendmail_path: The full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command.
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.good:sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.spam:# are built with "newaliases" or "sendmail -bi". This is a separate
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.spam:# "ETRN domain.tld" command, or by executing "sendmail -qRdomain.tld".
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.spam:# sendmail_path: The full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command.
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.spam:sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
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you have cron job running each 5 min.
Apr 16 12:13:02 triggerfish postfix/sendmail[76506]: fatal: usage: sendmail [options]
Apr 16 12:18:02 triggerfish postfix/sendmail[76568]: fatal: usage: sendmail [options]
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Checked our Cron schedule and I have nothing .
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Check again or show us the cron tabs including "at" jobs so we can check instead of you.
 
I will admit note being the sharpest stick in the lot I babe been using webmin as a crutch. But checking it and the actual /etc/crontan. I still get

# /etc/crontab - root's crontab for FreeBSD
#
#
SHELL=/bin/tcsh
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin
#
#minute hour mday month wday who command
#
# Save some entropy so that /dev/random can re-seed on boot.
# */11 * * * * operator /usr/libexec/save-entropy
#
# Rotate log files every hour, if necessary.
0 * * * * root newsyslog
#
# Perform daily/weekly/monthly maintenance.
1 3 * * * root periodic daily
15 4 * * 6 root periodic weekly
30 5 1 * * root periodic monthly
#
# Adjust the time zone if the CMOS clock keeps local time, as opposed to
# UTC time. See adjkerntz(8) for details.
1,31 0-5 * * * root adjkerntz -a
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I don't see anything running at 5 minute intervals.
 
Code: 
@daily /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb #locate
# @monthly /usr/local/bin/certbot renew
@daily /usr/local/bin/sa-update && /usr/local/sbin/service sa-spamd restart
# 4 15 * * * "/root/.acme.sh"/acme.sh --cron --home "/root/.acme.sh" > /dev/null
 
What you have in /etc/cron.d directory and in your user cron tabs. Also check the at(1) jobs folder

/etc/crontab System crontab file
/etc/cron.d Directory for optional/modularized system crontab files.
/var/cron/tabs Directory for personal crontab files
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/var/at/jobs directory containing job files
/var/at/spool directory containing output spool files
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Ok this may be a backward. approach but ..I have seen similar errors when I had the system have cron trying to execute. a command that didn't work (this time before was cron send an error message to mailbox that was full)
I checked the commands executed by crontab and
Code: 
usr/local/sbin/service sa-spamd restart
errors. So I disabled that task in

Cron. but the error still occurs

I tried to what you said but kind of bombed out on the first

the system crontab file is

Code: 
====line 1 col 0 lines from top 1 ============================================
# /etc/crontab - root's crontab for FreeBSD
#
#
SHELL=/bin/tcsh
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin
#
#minute hour    mday    month   wday    who     command
#
# Save some entropy so that /dev/random can re-seed on boot.
# */11 * * * * operator /usr/libexec/save-entropy
#
# Rotate log files every hour, if necessary.
0       *       *       *       *       root    newsyslog
#
# Perform daily/weekly/monthly maintenance.
1       3       *       *       *       root    periodic daily
15      4       *       *       6       root    periodic weekly
30      5       1       *       *       root    periodic monthly
#
# Adjust the time zone if the CMOS clock keeps local time, as opposed to
# UTC time.  See adjkerntz(8) for details.
1,31    0-5     *       *       *       root    adjkerntz -a

As far as I can understand I donthace anything running
 
rename sendmail sendmail.bin
put this script (make it mod 0755) in place of sendmail
watch /var/tmp/catch.log and will show you who runs sendmail and with what args
sh: 
#!/bin/sh
PPID=$(ps -o ppid -p $$ |tail -1)
CMD=$(ps -p $PPID -o args |tail -1)
D=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
echo "$D $CMD launched sendmail with args ($@)" >>/var/tmp/catch.log
exec /usr/local/sbin/sendmail.bin "$@"
LE: changed /var/log to /var/tmp as maybe sendmail is not run as root
 
Ok followed your approach. I think I got it step by step but that new log (/var/tmp/catch.log)remains empty even though the recurring error appears again
 
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