On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 12:00:03PM -0500, Jim wrote:
> make in /etc/mail fails (silently) to create aliases.db. I touched all
> the source files I modified to make sure they would be rebuilt (since
> the last rebuild failed). What I am finding is that the command
> "/usr/sbin/sendmail -bi -OAliasFile=/etc/mail/aliases" is not creating
> aliases.db, nor is it creating any errors. I tried running
> `/usr/sbin/sendmail -v -bi -OAliasFile=/etc/mail/aliases`, but aw no
> errors from that, either.
>
> Anyone experienced something like this before and have suggestions on
> what I should examine next?
>
> Thanks,
> -Jim Stapleton
>
What happens if you do a grep aliases in /etc/mail? In my sensmail
files I see references to aliases in the config *.cf and Makefile,
and the aliases file itself.
Did you edit any of these files? Should work by default.
gary
>
> [r...@mail-jail /etc/mail]# ls
> Makefile freebsd.mc mail-jail.submit.cf
> README freebsd.submit.cf mail-jail.submit.mc
> access freebsd.submit.mc mailer.conf
> access.db helpfile mailertable.sample
> access.sample local-host-names sendmail.cf
> aliases mail-jail.cf submit.cf
> freebsd.cf mail-jail.mc virtusertable.sample
> [r...@mail-jail /etc/mail]# touch aliases; touch access; touch
> local-host-names ; touch sendmail.cf; touch virtusertable.sample
> [r...@mail-jail /etc/mail]# make
> /usr/sbin/makemap hash access.db < access
> chmod 0640 access.db
> /usr/sbin/sendmail -bi -OAliasFile=/etc/mail/aliases
> chmod 0640 /etc/mail/aliases.db
> chmod: /etc/mail/aliases.db: No such file or directory
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /etc/mail.
>
> [r...@mail-jail /etc/mail]# /usr/sbin/sendmail -v -bi
> -OAliasFile=/etc/mail/aliases
> sendmail: -O option ignored
> postalias: dict_eval: const mail
> postalias: dict_eval: const ipv4
> postalias: dict_eval: const
> postalias: dict_eval: const
> postalias: dict_eval: const
> postalias: dict_eval: const
> postalias: name_mask: ipv4
> postalias: dict_eval: const mail-jail.localdomain
> postalias: dict_eval: const localdomain
> postalias: dict_eval: const Postfix
> postalias: dict_eval: expand
> ${multi_instance_name:postfix}${multi_instance_name?$multi_instance_name}
> -> postfix
> postalias: dict_eval: const postfix
> postalias: dict_eval: const maildrop
> postalias: dict_eval: expand $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain,
> localhost -> mail-jail.localdomain, localhost.localdomain, localhost
> postalias: dict_eval: expand $myhostname -> mail-jail.localdomain
> postalias: dict_eval: const
> postalias: dict_eval: const /usr/local/libexec/postfix
> postalias: dict_eval: const /var/db/postfix
> postalias: dict_eval: const /usr/local/sbin
> postalias: dict_eval: const /var/spool/postfix
> postalias: dict_eval: const pid
> postalias: dict_eval: const all
> postalias: dict_eval: const
> postalias: dict_eval: const double-bounce
> postalias: dict_eval: const nobody
> postalias: dict_eval: const hash:/etc/aliases
> postalias: dict_eval: const 20090828
> postalias: dict_eval: const 2.6.5
> postalias: dict_eval: const hash
> postalias: dict_eval: const deferred, defer
> postalias: dict_eval: const
> postalias: dict_eval: expand $mydestination -> mail-jail.localdomain,
> localhost.localdomain, localhost
> postalias: dict_eval: expand $relay_domains -> mail-jail.localdomain,
> localhost.localdomain, localhost
> postalias: dict_eval: const TZ MAIL_CONFIG LANG
> postalias: dict_eval: const MAIL_CONFIG MAIL_DEBUG MAIL_LOGTAG TZ
> XAUTHORITY DISPLAY LANG=C
> postalias: dict_eval: const host
> postalias: dict_eval: const
> postalias: dict_eval: const +=
> postalias: dict_eval: const -=+
> postalias: dict_eval: const
> debug_peer_list,fast_flush_domains,mynetworks,permit_mx_backup_networks,qmqpd_authorized_clients,relay_domains,smtpd_access_maps
> postalias: dict_eval: const
> postalias: dict_eval: const bounce
> postalias: dict_eval: const cleanup
> postalias: dict_eval: const defer
> postalias: dict_eval: const pickup
> postalias: dict_eval: const qmgr
> postalias: dict_eval: const rewrite
> postalias: dict_eval: const showq
> postalias: dict_eval: const error
> postalias: dict_eval: const flush
> postalias: dict_eval: const verify
> postalias: dict_eval: const trace
> postalias: dict_eval: const proxymap
> postalias: dict_eval: const proxywrite
> postalias: dict_eval: const
> postalias: dict_eval: const 2
> postalias: dict_eval: const 100s
> postalias: dict_eval: const 100s
> postalias: dict_eval: const 100s
> postalias: dict_eval: const 100s
> postalias: dict_eval: const 3600s
> postalias: dict_eval: const 3600s
> postalias: dict_eval: const 5s
> postalias: dict_eval: const 5s
> postalias: dict_eval: const 1000s
> postalias: dict_eval: const 1000s
> postalias: dict_eval: const 10s
> postalias: dict_eval: const 10s
> postalias: dict_eval: const 1s
> postalias: dict_eval: const 1s
> postalias: dict_eval: const 1s
> postalias: dict_eval: const 1s
> postalias: dict_eval: const 500s
> postalias: dict_eval: const 500s
> postalias: dict_eval: const 18000s
> postalias: dict_eval: const 18000s
> postalias: dict_eval: const 1s
> postalias: dict_eval: const 1s
> postalias: name_mask: host
> postalias: inet_addr_local: configured 1 IPv4 addresses
> postalias: mynetworks: 192.168.1.4/32
> postalias: dict_eval: const 192.168.1.4/32
> postalias: open hash /etc/aliases
> postalias: Compiled against Berkeley DB version 1
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