Why does sendmail fail with "sendmail dead but subsys locked" in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6?
Issue
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Unable to use sendmail in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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Getting below output in sendmail status:
# service sendmail status
sendmail dead but subsys locked
sm-client (pid 6113) is running...
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Sendmail
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