NAME

       sympa_newaliases, sympa_newaliases.pl - Alias database maintenance

SYNOPSIS

         sympa_newaliases.pl --domain=dom.ain

DESCRIPTION

       sympa_newaliases is a program to maintain alias database.

       It is typically called by alias_manager(8) via sympa_newaliases-wrapper, then updates alias database.

OPTIONS

       sympa_newaliases.pl may run with following options.

       --domain=domain
           Name of virtual robot on which aliases will be updated.

       -h, --help
           Print this help message.

CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS

       Following  site  configuration  parameters  in  /etc/sympa/sympa.conf  will  be  referred.   They  may be
       overridden by robot.conf of each virtual robot.

       sendmail_aliases
           Source text of alias database.

           Default value is /etc/mail/sympa/aliases.

       aliases_program
           System command to update alias database.  Possible values are:

           "makemap"
               Sendmail makemap utility.

           "newaliases"
               newaliases(1) or compatible utility.

           "postalias"
               Postfix postalias(1) utility.

           "postmap"
               Postfix postmap(1) utility.

           Full path
               Full path to executable file.  File will be invoked with the value of  "sendmail_aliases"  as  an
               argument.

           Default value is "newaliases".

       aliases_db_type
           Type  of  alias database.  This is meaningful when value of "aliases_program" parameter is "makemap",
           "postalias" or "postmap".

           Possible values will be vary by system commands.  For example, "postalias" and "postmap" can  support
           any of "btree", "cdb", "dbm", "hash" and "sdbm".

           Default value is "hash".

RETURN VALUE

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

FILES

       /etc/sympa/sympa.conf
           Sympa site configuration.

       /usr/lib/sympa/bin/sympa_newaliases-wrapper
           Set UID wrapper for sympa_newaliases.pl.

AUTHOR

       This program was initially written by IKEDA Soji <ikeda@conversion.co.jp>.

SEE ALSO

       alias_manager(8).

6.1.24                                             2015-08-02                                SYMPA_NEWALIASES(1)