OpenDKIM - cannot determine host's domain name, so skipping default key generation

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I've just set up OpenDKIM on my CentOS 6 server but keep getting the following warning each time I start the service:

Cannot determine host's domain name, so skipping default key generation.

I have my server's hostname and domain name set up in /etc/sysconfig/network as well as in /etc/hosts but yet it seems that OpenDKIM fails to pick up that info.

Any ideas how I can fix this?

Hi there, I am having the same problem. Did you ever fixed this? — James Wong, May 26 '14 at 08:05
I can't recall as we switched over to a Windows server, but try removing localhosts from both of the files mentioned above - it might help. — Zishan Neno, May 27 '14 at 12:47

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 28 '13 at 22:06

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Check you /etc/hosts, must like this:

127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6

93.170.131.123 myhost.com

answered Feb 28 '13 at 22:06

remoteshaman.com

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score -1 · Answer 2 · edited May 24 '17 at 10:38

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After setting you /etc/hosts a restart is required.

edited May 24 '17 at 10:38

techraf

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answered May 24 '17 at 10:17

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OpenDKIM - cannot determine host's domain name, so skipping default key generation

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