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 service/network/smtp/sendmail

See also

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