.TH NEWALIASES 8 "$Mdocdate: July 19 2013 $" ""
.SH NAME
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\fB\%newaliases\fP
\- rebuild the database for the mail aliases file
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fB\%newaliases\fP
[\fB\-f\fP \fIfile\fP]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fB\%newaliases\fP
rebuilds the random access database for the mail aliases file,
the location of which is defined in
\fBsmtpd.conf\fP(5),
and which by default is
\fI/etc/aliases\fP.
This utility must be run each time the aliases file is changed
in order for the change to take effect.
.PP
The options are as follows:
.RS 5
.TP
\fB\-f\fP \fIfile\fP
Use
\fIfile\fP
as the configuration file,
instead of the default
\fI/etc/smtpd.conf\fP.
.RE
.PP
Note: this utility is provided for sendmail compatibility.
The preferred way of rebuilding the database is with
\fBmakemap\fP(8):
.RS 4
.nf
# makemap -t aliases /etc/aliases
.RE
.SH FILES
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.RS 5
.TP
.B /etc/aliases
List of local user mail aliases.
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.B /etc/virtual
List of virtual host aliases.
.RE
.SH EXIT STATUS
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The \fBnewaliases\fP utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. newaliases
.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBsmtpd.conf\fP(5),
\fBmakemap\fP(8)
.SH HISTORY
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The
\fB\%newaliases\fP
command first appeared in
OpenBSD 4.6
as a replacement for the equivalent command shipped with sendmail.