aliasadm(1M)						  System Administration Commands					      aliasadm(1M)

NAME

       aliasadm - manipulate the NIS+ aliases map

SYNOPSIS

       aliasadm -a alias expansion [options comments] optional flags

       aliasadm -c alias expansion [options comments]
	    [optional flags]

       aliasadm -d alias [optional flags]

       aliasadm -e alias [optional flags]

       aliasadm -l alias [optional flags]

       aliasadm -m alias [optional flags]

       aliasadm [-I] [-D domainname] [-f filename] [-M mapname]

DESCRIPTION

       aliasadm makes changes to the alias map.

       The alias map is an NIS+ table object with four columns:

       alias	    The name of the alias as a null terminated string.

       expansion    The value of the alias as it would appear in a sendmail /etc/aliases file.

       options	    A  list  of  options applicable to this alias. The only option currently supported is CANON. With this option, if the user has
		    requested an inverse alias lookup, and there is more than one alias with this expansion, this alias is given preference.

       comments     An arbitrary string containing comments about this alias. The sendmail(1M) command reads this  map	in  addition  to  the  NIS
		    aliases map and the local /etc/aliases database.

OPTIONS

       -a		Add an alias.

       -c		Change an alias.

       -d		Delete an alias.

       -e		Edit the alias map.

       -I		Initialize the NIS+ aliases database.

       -l		List the alias map.

       -m		Print or match an alias.

       -D domainname	Edit the map in domain domainname instead of the current domain.

       -f filename	When editing or listing the database, use filename instead of invoking the editor.

       -M mapname	Edit mapname instead of mail_aliases.

FILES

       /etc/aliases    mail aliases for the local host in ASCII format

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWnisu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       sendmail(1M), attributes(5)

NOTES

       NIS+  might not be supported in future releases of the Solaris operating system. Tools to aid the migration from NIS+ to LDAP are available
       in the current Solaris release. For more information, visit http://www.sun.com/directory/nisplus/transition.html.

SunOS 5.11							    12 Dec 2001 						      aliasadm(1M)