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NEWALIASES(8) System Manager's Manual NEWALIASES(8)

NAME

newaliases —
rebuild the database for the mail aliases file

SYNOPSIS

newaliases [-f file]

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:

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.
December 22, 2015 Linux 4.19.0-10-amd64