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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 09:39:07 -0700
From: James Earl <mtntrip@telus.net>
To: "Michael K. Smith" <mksmith@noanet.net>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Can't run "newaliases"
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On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 18:56:04 -0800 (PST)
"Michael K. Smith" <mksmith@noanet.net> wrote:

> Hello All:
> 
> I'm trying to run the "newaliases" command which worked fine the last time
> I ran it some time ago.  Also, if I copy the aliases file to another
> machine and run it there it works with no trouble, so the file is good.
> When I run it, it just hangs with no output.  It will stay there until I
> <ctrl>-c it.  Nothing shows up in the logs, except for the
> /var/log/messages entry of the actual command being issued.
> 
> Has anyone seen this before?

I have had this happen to me before.  I'm affraid I can't provide you with an answer to the problem.  Does you local mail system work... can you send mail using the 'mail' command?

What version of FreeBSD do you run?

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