How to Add Aliases to a NIS+ mail_aliases Table From the Command Line

1. Compile a list of each of your mail clients, the locations of their mailboxes, and the names of the mail server systems.

2. Become root on any system.

3. Optional: If necessary, initiate a NIS+ table

   If you are creating a completely new NIS+ mail_aliases table, you must first initiate the table. Type aliasadm -I and press Return.

4. For each alias, type aliasadm -a alias expanded_alias [options comments] and press Return.

   This adds the aliases to the NIS+ aliases table.

   # aliasadm -a iggy iggy.ignatz@saturn "Iggy Ignatz"

5. Type aliasadm -m alias and press Return.

   This displays the entry you created.

6. Check that the entry is correct.