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.TH NEWALIASES 8 "Sep 14, 2001"
.SH NAME
newaliases \- rebuild the data base for the mail aliases file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBnewaliases\fR
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
\fBnewaliases\fR rebuilds the random access data base for the mail aliases file
\fB/etc/mail/aliases\fR.
.sp
.LP
\fBnewaliases\fR accepts all the flags that \fBsendmail\fR(8) accepts.
However, most of these flags have no effect, except for the \fB-C\fR option and
three of the \fBProcessing\fR \fBOptions\fR that can be set from a
configuration file with the \fB-o\fR option:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-C\fR\fI /path/to/alt/config/file\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
Use alternate configuration file.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-oA\fR\fIfile\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
Specify possible alias files.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-oL\fR\fIn\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
Set the default log level to \fIn\fR. Defaults to \fB9\fR.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-on\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
Validate the \fBRHS\fR of aliases when rebuilding the \fBaliases\fR(5)
database.
.RE

.sp
.LP
\fBnewaliases\fR runs in verbose mode (\fB-v\fR option) automatically.
.SH EXAMPLES
.LP
\fBExample 1 \fRRunning the \fBnewaliases\fR Command
.sp
.LP
The following command runs \fBnewaliases\fR on an alias file different from the
\fB/etc/mail/aliases\fR default in \fBsendmail\fR(8):

.sp
.in +2
.nf
 example% \fBnewaliases \fR\fB-oA\fR\fB\fI/path/to/alternate/alias/file\fR\fR
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.SH EXIT STATUS
.sp
.LP
\fBnewaliases\fR returns an exit status describing what it did. The codes are
defined in \fB/usr/include/sysexits.h\fR.
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBEX_OK\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 18n
Successful completion on all addresses.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBEX_NOUSER\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 18n
User name not recognized.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBEX_UNAVAILABLE\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 18n
Catchall. Necessary resources were not available.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBEX_SYNTAX\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 18n
Syntax error in address.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBEX_SOFTWARE\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 18n
Internal software error, including bad arguments.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBEX_OSERR\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 18n
Temporary operating system error, such as "cannot fork".
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBEX_NOHOST\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 18n
Host name not recognized.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBEX_TEMPFAIL\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 18n
Message could not be sent immediately, but was queued.
.RE

.SH FILES
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/etc/aliases\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 25n
Symbolic link to \fB/etc/mail/aliases\fR
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/etc/mail/aliases.pag\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 25n

.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/etc/mail/aliases.dir\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 25n
\fBndbm\fR files maintained by \fBnewaliases\fR
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/etc/mail/aliases.db\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 25n
Berkeley DataBase file maintained by newaliases
.RE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
.BR aliases (5),
.BR attributes (7),
.BR sendmail (8)