HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 1M System Administration Commands N-Z (vol 4)

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newaliases(1M) newaliases(1M)
NAME
newaliases - rebuilds the database for the mail aliases file
SYNOPSIS
newaliases [-on]
DESCRIPTION
newaliases rebuilds the random access database for the mail aliases file
/etc/mail/aliases
.It
must be run each time this file is changed in order for the change to take effect.
newaliases is identical to sendmail -bi.
Options
-on Validate addresses. When
sendmail rebuilds the alias database files, it will check the legality of all
addresses to the right of the colons. Each address is validated. If the validation fails, the address is
skipped and a warning message is displayed.
RETURN VALUE
The
newaliases utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
AUTHOR
newaliases was developed by the University of California, Berkeley, and originally appeared in 4.0BSD.
The manual page originally came from sendmail 8.7.
FILES
/etc/mail/aliases
The mail aliases file.
/etc/mail/aliases.db
Database of alias names.
SEE ALSO
aliases(5), sendmail(1M).
HP-UX 11i Version 1: September 2005 − 1 − Hewlett-Packard Company Section 1M−−581