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.TH newaliases 1M "14 Sep 2001" "SunOS 5.11" "System Administration Commands"
.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(1M) 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
.mk
.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
.mk
.na
\fB\fB-oA\fR\fIfile\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
Specify possible alias files.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.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
.mk
.na
\fB\fB-on\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
Validate the \fBRHS\fR of aliases when rebuilding the \fBaliases\fR(4)
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(1M):

.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
.mk
.na
\fB\fBEX_OK\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 18n
.rt  
Successful completion on all addresses.
.RE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBsendmail\fR(1M), \fBaliases\fR(4), \fBattributes\fR(5)