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.TH NEWALIASES 1 "$Date: 2013-11-22 20:51:56 $"
.SH NAME
newaliases
\- rebuild the data base for the mail aliases file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B newaliases

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Newaliases
rebuilds the random access data base for the mail aliases file
/etc/mail/aliases.  It must be run each time this file is changed
in order for the change to take effect.
.PP
.B Newaliases
is identical to ``sendmail -bi'' and thus accepts all the flags that
\fBsendmail\fR(8) accepts.
However, most of these flags have no effect, except for the \fB-C\fR option and
three of the \fBProcessing\fR \fBOptions\fR that can be set from a
configuration file with the \fB-o\fR option:

.TP
\fB\fB-C\fR\fI /path/to/alt/config/file\fR\fR
Use alternate configuration file.

.TP
\fB\fB-oA\fR\fIfile\fR\fR
Specify possible alias files.

.TP
\fB\fB-oL\fR\fIn\fR\fR
Set the default log level to \fIn\fR. Defaults to \fB9\fR.

.TP
\fB\fB-on\fR\fR
Validate the \fBRHS\fR of aliases when rebuilding the \fBaliases\fR(5)
database.
 
.SH EXIT STATUS

.TP
\fB0\fR
Successful completion.

.TP
\fB>0\fR
An error occurred.

.SH FILES

.TP 2i
\fB/etc/mail/aliases\fR
The mail aliases file

.SH SEE ALSO
.LP
\fBaliases\fR(5), \fBsendmail\fR(8)

.SH NOTE
.LP
Do
.B not
use
.B makemap
to create the aliases data base, because
.B newaliases
puts a special token into the data base that is required by \fBsendmail\fR.

.SH HISTORY
.LP
The
.B newaliases
command appeared in 4.0BSD.