newaliases(1M)						  System Administration Commands					    newaliases(1M)

NAME

       newaliases - rebuild the data base for the mail aliases file

SYNOPSIS

       newaliases

DESCRIPTION

       newaliases rebuilds the random access data base for the mail aliases file /etc/mail/aliases.

       newaliases accepts all the flags that sendmail(1M) accepts. However, most of these flags 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 files.

       -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: Running the newaliases Command

       The following command runs 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

       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.

FILES

       /etc/aliases		       Symbolic link to /etc/mail/aliases

       /etc/mail/aliases.pag

       /etc/mail/aliases.dir	       ndbm files maintained by newaliases

       /etc/mail/aliases.db	       Berkeley DataBase file maintained by newaliases

ATTRIBUTES

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

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

SEE ALSO

       sendmail(1M), aliases(4), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10							    14 Sep 2001 						    newaliases(1M)