NAME

     newaliases — rebuild mail aliases

SYNOPSIS

     newaliases [-f file]

DESCRIPTION

     The newaliases utility makes changes to the mail aliases file visible to smtpd(8).  It
     should be run every time the aliases(5) file is changed.  The location of the alias file is
     defined in smtpd.conf(5), and defaults to /etc/aliases.

     The options are as follows:

     -f file
             Use file as the configuration file, instead of the default /etc/smtpd.conf.

     If using database (db) files, newaliases is equivalent to running makemap(8) as follows:

           # makemap -t aliases /etc/aliases

     If using plain text files, newaliases is equivalent to running smtpctl(8) as follows:

           # smtpctl update table aliases

FILES

     /etc/aliases     List of local user mail aliases.
     /etc/virtual     List of virtual host aliases.

EXIT STATUS

     The newaliases utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

     smtpd.conf(5), makemap(8), smtpctl(8), smtpd(8)

HISTORY

     The newaliases command first appeared in OpenBSD 4.6 as a replacement for the equivalent
     command shipped with sendmail.