sympa_newaliases(1)

1SYMPA_NEWALIASES(1)              sympa 6.2.54              SYMPA_NEWALIASES(1)
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NAME

6       sympa_newaliases, sympa_newaliases.pl - Alias database maintenance
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SYNOPSIS

9         sympa_newaliases.pl --domain=dom.ain
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DESCRIPTION

12       sympa_newaliases.pl is a program to maintain alias database.
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14       It is typically invoked from Sympa::Aliases::Template module via
15       sympa_newaliases-wrapper, then updates alias database.
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OPTIONS

18       sympa_newaliases.pl may run with following options.
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20       "--domain="domain
21           Name of virtual robot on which aliases will be updated.
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23       "-f", "--config="file
24           Force sympa_newaliases to use an alternative configuration file
25           instead of /etc/sympa/sympa.conf.
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27       "-h", "--help"
28           Print this help message.
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CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS

31       Following site configuration parameters in /etc/sympa/sympa.conf will
32       be referred.  They may be overridden by robot.conf of each virtual
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35       sendmail_aliases
36           Source text of alias database.
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38           Default value is $SENDMAIL_ALIASES.
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40       aliases_program
41           System command to update alias database.  Possible values are:
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43           "makemap"
44               Sendmail makemap utility.
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46           "newaliases"
47               newaliases(1) or compatible utility.
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49           "postalias"
50               Postfix postalias(1) utility.
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52           "postmap"
53               Postfix postmap(1) utility.
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55           Full path
56               Full path to executable file.  File will be invoked with the
57               value of "sendmail_aliases" as an argument.
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59           Default value is "newaliases".
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61       aliases_db_type
62           Type of alias database.  This is meaningful when value of
63           "aliases_program" parameter is "makemap", "postalias" or "postmap".
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65           Possible values will be vary by system commands.  For example,
66           "postalias" and "postmap" can support any of "btree", "cdb", "dbm",
67           "hash" and "sdbm".
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69           Default value is "hash".
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RETURN VALUE

72       Returns with exit code 0.  If invoked system command failed, returns
73       with its exit code.  On other failures, returns with 1.
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FILES

76       /etc/sympa/sympa.conf
77           Sympa site configuration.
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79       $LIBEXECDIR/sympa_newaliases-wrapper
80           Set UID wrapper for sympa_newaliases.pl.
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HISTORY

83       sympa_newaliases.pl appeared on Sympa 6.1.18.  It was initially written
84       by IKEDA Soji <ikeda@conversion.co.jp>.
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