Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 20:18:10 -0500 From: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> To: Jerry Raynor <jerryr@ComCAT.COM> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/aliases.db out of date Message-ID: <3702C951.FEAAC8F5@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> References: <Pine.GSO.4.02A.9903311945420.12517-100000@uw>
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Jerry Raynor wrote: > > I'm not get any mail to my domain when aliases are used. My mail log > shows this: > alias database /etc/aliases.db out of date > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 900 Feb 14 17:38 aliases > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 32768 Jan 3 23:56 aliases.db > > I tried running the command # alias alias no change? > > any ideas? The classic... everything was fine for months and now it > doesn't work anymore and I don't know what I did! You need to run /usr/bin/newaliases to update the database. You might want to put this in /etc/crontab in case you change /etc/aliases and forget to run newaliases. I believe that the alias mechanism should still work in spite of the database being out of date, so that's a little odd.. -- Jim Durham To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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