From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 17 13:33:52 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3159E37B401 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 13:33:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6870443FAF for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 13:33:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h3HKXcMT046323 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 17 Apr 2003 21:33:38 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)h3HKXckG046322; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 21:33:38 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 21:33:38 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Redmond Militante Message-ID: <20030417203338.GC44948@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Redmond Militante , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20030417201719.GE49401@darkpossum> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="8X7/QrJGcKSMr1RN" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030417201719.GE49401@darkpossum> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-35.6 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.53 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/mail/aliases.db out of date X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 20:33:52 -0000 --8X7/QrJGcKSMr1RN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 03:17:19PM -0500, Redmond Militante wrote: > hi >=20 > i cvsup'd a few days ago to 4.8 from 4.7 >=20 > ever since, i've been receiving the following message repeatedly in root'= s email security reports >=20 > Apr 17 15:00:01 xhostname sm-mta[58360]: alias database /etc/mail/aliases= =2Edb out of > +date >=20 >=20 > how did this happen? You updated /etc/mail/aliases, probably by running mergemaster, but you didn't regenerate the aliases.db file from the aliases file -- and it's aliases.db being older than aliases which sendmail is complaining about. Fix is simple. Just run: # newaliases Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --8X7/QrJGcKSMr1RN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+nw+idtESqEQa7a0RAqeBAKCA99sYTonFsPBXx79Mi1tVabPpQACgl+6U sV0UWLHHGk782s9ZZaqUJLA= =ryxo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8X7/QrJGcKSMr1RN--