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newaliases.opensmtpd: rebuild the database for the mail aliases file

Command to display newaliases.opensmtpd manual in Linux: $ man 8 newaliases.opensmtpd

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/opensmtpd/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/opensmtpd/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/opensmtpd/aliases

FILES

/etc/opensmtpd/aliases: List of local user mail aliases.
/etc/opensmtpd/virtual: List of virtual host aliases.

EXIT STATUS

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

HISTORY

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