User Commands                                       newaliases(1)

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. It is run automatically by
     sendmail(1M)  (in  the   default   configuration)   whenever
     /etc/mail/aliases is newer than /etc/mail/aliases.pag.

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

     -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: Example of the newaliases command.

     To run 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.

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User Commands                                       newaliases(1)

     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.

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWnisu                    |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|

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

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