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Operating Systems Solaris sendmail "root... User address required." error Post 302123871 by csgonan on Wednesday 27th of June 2007 02:29:16 PM

06-27-2007

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thank you for the information.

I had already tried the alias method for root, but root is still relaying out to the exchange server (so it doesn't seem to use it the alias file). The alias is the same as a user that I can successifully send mail to. I just want root mail to go to the local root mail box.

Which file does the alias reference go into, the submit.cf or local.cf?

The mailhost is the SmartHost, not 127, which it needs to be for all other outgoing mail. This server is just a mail client. The other mail clients I have are configured the same way but with the earlier version of sendmail.

If this has to be setup differently, so it thinks the localhost is mailhost for root, but not for anything else, how is that setup.

I read that document but it doesn't explain the new cf files and the sequence of processing.

All I want is local mail delivered to the local root mailbox.

Thanks so much.

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praliases

praliases(1)							   User Commands						      praliases(1)

NAME

       praliases - display system mail aliases

SYNOPSIS

       praliases [-C configfile] [-f aliasfile] [key]

DESCRIPTION

       The  praliases  utility displays system mail aliases. When no key is given, praliases displays the current system aliases, one per line, in
       no particular order. The form is key:value. If a key is given, only that key is looked up and the appropriate  key:value  is  displayed	if
       found.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -C configfile   Specifies a sendmail configuration file.

       -f aliasfile    Reads the specified file aliasfile instead of the default sendmail system aliases file.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       key	       A specific alias key to look up.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Successful operation.

       >0	An error occurred.

FILES

       /etc/mail/aliases	       Default sendmail system aliases file

       /etc/mail/aliases.db	       Database versions of the /etc/mail/aliases file

       /etc/mail/aliases.dir	       Database versions of the /etc/mail/aliases file
       /etc/mail/aliases.pag

       /etc/mail/sendmail.cf	       Default sendmail configuration file

ATTRIBUTES

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

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWsndmu 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       mailq(1), newaliases(1M), sendmail(1M), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10							    29 Mar 2004 						      praliases(1)