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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) 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 avail‐
			       able.

       EX_SYNTAX	       Syntax error in address.

       EX_SOFTWARE	       Internal software error,	 including  bad	 argu‐
			       ments.

       EX_OSERR		       Temporary operating system error, such as "can‐
			       not 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		     │SUNWsndmu			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

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

SunOS 5.10			  14 Sep 2001			newaliases(1M)

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