.\" $OpenBSD: makemap.8,v 1.31 2021/02/13 07:37:13 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Jacek Masiulaniec .\" Copyright (c) 2008-2009 Gilles Chehade .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above .\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. .\" .\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES .\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF .\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR .\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES .\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" .Dd $Mdocdate: February 13 2021 $ .Dt MAKEMAP 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm makemap .Nd create database maps for smtpd .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm makemap .Op Fl U .Op Fl d Ar dbtype .Op Fl o Ar dbfile .Op Fl t Ar type .Ar file .Sh DESCRIPTION Maps provide a generic interface for associating a textual key to a value. Such associations may be accessed through a plaintext file, database, or DNS. The format of these file types is described below. .Nm itself creates the database maps used by keyed map lookups specified in .Xr smtpd.conf 5 . .Pp .Nm reads input from .Ar file and writes data to a file which is named by adding a .Dq .db suffix to .Ar file . The current line can be extended over multiple lines using a backslash .Pq Sq \e . Comments can be put anywhere in the file using a hash mark .Pq Sq # , and extend to the end of the current line. Care should be taken when commenting out multi-line text: the comment is effective until the end of the entire block. In all cases, .Nm reads lines consisting of words separated by whitespace. The first word of a line is the database key; the remainder represents the mapped value. The database key and value may optionally be separated by the colon character. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl d Ar dbtype Specify the format of the database. Available formats are .Ar hash and .Ar btree . The default value is .Ar hash . .It Fl o Ar dbfile Write the generated database to .Ar dbfile . .It Fl t Ar type Specify the format of the resulting map file. The default map format is suitable for storing simple, unstructured, key-to-value string associations. However, if the mapped value has special meaning, as in the case of a virtual domains file, a suitable .Ar type must be provided. The available output types are: .Bl -tag -width "aliases" .It Cm aliases The mapped value is a comma-separated list of mail destinations. This format can be used for building user aliases and user mappings for virtual domain files. .It Cm set There is no mapped value \(en a map of this type will only allow for the lookup of keys. This format can be used for building primary domain maps. .El .It Fl U Instead of generating a database map from text input, dump the contents of a database map as text with the key and value separated with a tab. .El .Sh PRIMARY DOMAINS Primary domains can be kept in tables. To create a primary domain table, add each primary domain on a single line by itself. .Pp In addition to adding an entry to the primary domain map, one must add a filter rule that accepts mail for the domain map, for example: .Bd -literal -offset indent table domains db:/etc/domains.db action "local" mbox match for domain action "local" .Ed .Sh VIRTUAL DOMAINS Virtual domains may also be kept in tables. To create a virtual domain table, add each virtual domain on a single line by itself. .Pp Virtual domains expect a mapping of virtual users to real users in order to determine if a recipient is accepted or not. The mapping format is an extension to .Xr aliases 5 , which allows the use of .Dq user@domain.tld to accept user only on the specified domain, .Dq user to accept the user for any of the virtual domains, .Dq @domain.tld to provide a catch-all for the specified domain and .Dq @ to provide a global catch-all for all domains. .Xr smtpd 8 will perform the lookups in that specific order. .Pp To create a single virtual address, add .Dq user@example.com user to the users map. To handle all mail destined to any user at example.com, add .Dq @example.com user to the virtual map. .Pp In addition to adding an entry to the virtual map, one must add a filter rule that accepts mail for virtual domains, for example: .Bd -literal -offset indent table vdomains db:/etc/vdomains.db table vusers db:/etc/users.db action "local" mbox virtual match for domain action "local" match for domain "example.org" action "local" .Ed .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width "/etc/aliasesXXX" -compact .It Pa /etc/aliases List of user mail aliases. .It Pa /etc/secrets List of remote host credentials. .El .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std makemap .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr aliases 5 , .Xr smtpd.conf 5 , .Xr table 5 , .Xr newaliases 8 , .Xr smtpd 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm command first appeared in .Ox 4.6 as a replacement for the equivalent command shipped with sendmail.