Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:46:44 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: existing sendmail aliases ignored until sendmail restart Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0910221321070.12866@wonkity.com>
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On this system, /etc/mail/aliases has an entry to send root email to another user on another computer. newaliases was last run on October 14: -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1693 Oct 14 07:18 aliases -rw-r----- 1 root wheel 16384 Oct 14 07:18 aliases.db After booting 8.0-RC1, the root alias in the already-built alias files is ignored by sendmail. The mail is sent to the un-aliased root. The existing .mc file does take effect (in this case, mail is still sent to a smarthost, where it bounces, since root@lightning.wonkity.com doesn't exist there). A 'make restart' of sendmail--without touching anything else--and the alias works. FreeBSD lightning 8.0-RC1 FreeBSD 8.0-RC1 #11: Thu Oct 22 13:03:43 MDT 2009 root@lightning:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LIGHTNING i386 This has been going on for a while; at least the last half-dozen rebuilds of 8.0-RC1 on this system have exhibited the problem. It's a regression from 7-STABLE. To recreate: Enter an alias in /etc/aliases (only root tested). newaliases Reboot. Send mail to that alias (failure). cd /etc/mail; make restart Send mail to that alias (success). -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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