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)
