From: Schmehl, Paul L (no email)
Date: Sun Sep 01 2002 - 11:45:24 EDT
Change your alias map to hash.
alias database = hash:/etc/mail/aliases
Then run postalias /etc/mail/aliases
Paul Schmehl ()
Supervisor, Support Services
University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/
AVIEN Founding Member
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Weber [mailto:]
> Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 10:35 AM
> To: Bert Driehuis
> Cc:
> Subject: Postfix dabase location
>
>
> Thank you for being more helpful and understanding.
>
> Let me provide the following information which indicates either:
> 1> That there is some very strange time warp occurring -or-
> 2> I still don't understand something that is supposed to
> be blatantly obvious
>
> My syslog:
> sys1 postfix/local[239]: fatal: open database
> /etc/aliases.db: No such file or directory
>
> Simple enough? But what about this?
> postconf -n:
> alias_database = dbm:/etc/mail/aliases <------- WHAT?????!!!
> command_directory = /usr/sbin
> config_directory = /etc/postfix
> daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
> debug_peer_level = 2
> inet_interfaces = all
> mail_owner = postfix
> mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq
> manpage_directory = /usr/man
> mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, $mydomain
> mydomain = softwaremisfits.com
> myhostname = sys1
> mynetworks_style = subnet
> myorigin = $mydomain
> newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases
> queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix
> readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix
> sample_directory = /etc/postfix/samples
> sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
> setgid_group = maildrop
> smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMPT $mail_name ($mail_version) ...
>
> And running newalises gives the following:
> postalias: fatal: unsupported map type: dbm
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