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NAME top

   **pmdasendmail** - sendmail performance metrics domain agent (PMDA)

SYNOPSIS top

   **$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/sendmail/pmdasendmail** [**-d** _domain_] [**-l** _logfile_] [**-U**
   _username_]

DESCRIPTION top

   **pmdasendmail** is a sendmail Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA)
   which exports mail traffic statistics as collected by **sendmail**(1).

   Before the sendmail PMDA can export any metrics, **sendmail**(1) must
   have statistics collection enabled.  This involves checking the
   name of the statistics file, as given by the **OS** or **O StatusFile**
   control lines in **/etc/sendmail.cf**, and then creating this file if
   it does not already exist.  Removing the file will terminate
   statistics collection by **sendmail**(1) and hence the sendmail PMDA.

   A brief description of the **pmdasendmail** command line options
   follows:

   **-d** It is absolutely crucial that the performance metrics _domain_
        number specified here is unique and consistent.  That is,
        _domain_ should be different for every PMDA on the one host,
        and the same _domain_ number should be used for the same PMDA
        on all hosts.

   **-l** Location of the log file.  By default, a log file named
        _sendmail.log_ is written in the current directory of [pmcd(1)](../man1/pmcd.1.html)
        when **pmdasendmail** is started, i.e.  **$PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd**.  If
        the log file cannot be created or is not writable, output is
        written to the standard error instead.

   **-U** User account under which to run the agent.  The default is
        the unprivileged "pcp" account in current versions of PCP,
        but in older versions the superuser account ("root") was used
        by default.

   There are no communication options, as the _Install_ script ensures
   the sendmail PMDA will be connected to PMCD by a pipe.

INSTALLATION top

   If you want access to the names, help text and values for the
   sendmail performance metrics, do the following as root:

        # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/sendmail
        # ./Install

   If you want to undo the installation, do the following as root:

        # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/sendmail
        # ./Remove

   **pmdasendmail** is launched by [pmcd(1)](../man1/pmcd.1.html) and should never be executed
   directly.  The Install and Remove scripts notify [pmcd(1)](../man1/pmcd.1.html) when the
   agent is installed or removed.

FILES top

   **$PCP_PMCDCONF_PATH**
          command line options used to launch **pmdasendmail**
   **$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/sendmail/help**
          default help text file for the sendmail metrics
   **$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/sendmail/Install**
          installation script for the **pmdasendmail** agent
   **$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/sendmail/Remove**
          undo installation script for the **pmdasendmail** agent
   **$PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/sendmail.log**
          default log file for error messages and other information
          from **pmdasendmail**
   **/etc/sendmail.cf**
          **sendmail** configuration file to identify the name of the
          statistics file

PCP ENVIRONMENT top

   Environment variables with the prefix **PCP_** are used to
   parameterize the file and directory names used by PCP.  On each
   installation, the file **/etc/pcp.conf** contains the local values for
   these variables.  The **$PCP_CONF** variable may be used to specify an
   alternative configuration file, as described in [pcp.conf(5)](../man5/pcp.conf.5.html).

SEE ALSO top

   [PCPIntro(1)](../man1/PCPIntro.1.html), [pmcd(1)](../man1/pmcd.1.html) and **sendmail**(1).

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