To add two or three aliases to the table, follow these instructions.
Compile a list of each of your mail clients, the locations of their mailboxes, and the names of the mail server systems.
Either be a member of the NIS+ group that owns the table, or become root on the mail server, or assume an equivalent role.
For information about roles, refer to “Using Privileged Applications” in System Administration Guide: Security Services.
(Optional) If necessary, initiate an NIS+ table.
If you are creating a completely new NIS+ mail_aliases table, you must first initiate the table. To complete this task, refer to Example—Initiating an NIS+ mail_aliases Table.
Add aliases to the table.
See this example of a typical entry.
# aliasadm -a iggy iggy.ignatz@saturn "Iggy Ignatz" |
The following list describes the input from the preceding example.
The option for adding an alias
The short form of the alias name
The expanded alias name
The name for the alias in quotation marks
Display the entry that you created and ensure that the entry is correct.
# aliasadm -m alias |
The entry that you created
For more information, refer to the aliasadm(1M) man page.