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newaliases(1) NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION newaliases – rebuild the data base for the mail aliases file newaliases newaliases rebuilds the random access data base for the mail aliases file /etc/mail/aliases. It is run automatically by sendmail(1M) (in the default configuration) whenever /etc/mail/aliases is newer than /etc/mail/aliases.pag. newaliases accepts all the flags that sendmail(1M) accepts. However, most of these flags will have no effect, except for the -C option and three of the Processing Options that can be set from a configuration file with the -o option: -C /path/to/alt/config/file Use alternate configuration file. -oAfile Specify possible alias file(s). -oLn Set the default log level to n. Defaults to 9. -on Validate the RHS of aliases when rebuilding the aliases(4) database. newaliases runs in verbose mode (-v option) automatically. EXAMPLES EXAMPLE 1 Example of the newaliases command. To run newaliases on an alias file different from the /etc/mail/aliases default in sendmail(1M): example% newaliases -oA/path/to/alternate/alias/file EXIT STATUS FILES 950 newaliases returns an exit status describing what it did. The codes are defined in /usr/include/sysexits.h. EX_OK Successful completion on all addresses. EX_NOUSER User name not recognized. EX_UNAVAILABLE Catchall. Necessary resources were not available. EX_SYNTAX Syntax error in address. EX_SOFTWARE Internal software error, including bad arguments. EX_OSERR Temporary operating system error, such as “cannot fork”. EX_NOHOST Host name not recognized. EX_TEMPFAIL Message could not be sent immediately, but was queued. /etc/aliases man pages section 1: User Commands • Last Revised 11 Aug 1998 symbolic link to /etc/mail/aliases.
