NAME

newaliases — rebuild the database for the mail aliases file

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

newaliases rebuilds the random access database for the mail aliases file, the location of which is defined in smtpd.conf(5), and which by default is /etc/aliases. If using database (db) files this utility must be run every time the aliases(5) file is changed.

The options are as follows:

-f file

Use file as the configuration file, instead of the default /etc/smtpd.conf.

Note: this utility is provided for sendmail compatibility. The preferred way of rebuilding the database is with makemap(8):

# makemap -t aliases /etc/aliases

FILES

/etc/aliases

List of local user mail aliases.

/etc/virtual

List of virtual host aliases.

EXIT STATUS

The newaliases utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

smtpd.conf(5), makemap(8)

HISTORY

The newaliases command first appeared in OpenBSD 4.6 as a replacement for the equivalent command shipped with sendmail.