Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: postfix
Ubuntu Server 8.04
postfix 2.5.1-2ubuntu1
After a fresh install of Ubuntu Server 8.04, the file /etc/aliases
exists with a mapping from root to the user name I set up during
installation:
$ cat /etc/aliases
root: mylogin
If I install Postfix according to the instructions at
https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/postfix.html, I install and
configure it separately:
$ sudo apt-get install postfix
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure postfix
During the configuration, I'm asked:
Mail for the 'postmaster', 'root', and other system accounts
needs to be redirected to the user account of the actual
system administrator.
If I enter a value other that the one already in /etc/aliases, that
value isn't saved. For example, if I specify "yourlogin", I still see
"mylogin" in the aliases file:
$ cat /etc/aliases
root: mylogin
If I delete /etc/aliases before configuration, it works as expected:
$ sudo rm /etc/aliases
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure postfix
$ cat /etc/aliases
postmaster: root
root: yourlogin
** Affects: postfix (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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/etc/aliases not updated
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/228391
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