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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) data‐
	   base.

       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)

SunOS 5.11			  14 Sep 2001			newaliases(1M)

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