1.\" $OpenBSD: newaliases.8,v 1.10 2013/07/19 12:22:58 eric Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Jacek Masiulaniec <jacekm@openbsd.org> 4.\" Copyright (c) 2008-2009 Gilles Chehade <gilles@poolp.org> 5.\" 6.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any 7.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above 8.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. 9.\" 10.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES 11.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 12.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR 13.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES 14.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN 15.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF 16.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. 17.\" 18.Dd $Mdocdate: July 19 2013 $ 19.Dt NEWALIASES 8 20.Os 21.Sh NAME 22.Nm newaliases 23.Nd rebuild the database for the mail aliases file 24.Sh SYNOPSIS 25.Nm newaliases 26.Op Fl f Ar file 27.Sh DESCRIPTION 28.Nm 29rebuilds the random access database for the mail aliases file, 30the location of which is defined in 31.Xr smtpd.conf 5 , 32and which by default is 33.Pa /etc/mail/aliases . 34This utility must be run each time the aliases file is changed 35in order for the change to take effect. 36.Pp 37The options are as follows: 38.Bl -tag -width Ds 39.It Fl f Ar file 40Use 41.Ar file 42as the configuration file, 43instead of the default 44.Pa /etc/mail/smtpd.conf . 45.El 46.Pp 47Note: this utility is provided for sendmail compatibility. 48The preferred way of rebuilding the database is with 49.Xr makemap 8 : 50.Bd -literal -offset indent 51# makemap -t aliases /etc/mail/aliases 52.Ed 53.Sh FILES 54.Bl -tag -width "/etc/mail/aliasesXXX" -compact 55.It Pa /etc/mail/aliases 56List of local user mail aliases. 57.It Pa /etc/mail/virtual 58List of virtual host aliases. 59.El 60.Sh EXIT STATUS 61.Ex -std newaliases 62.Sh SEE ALSO 63.Xr smtpd.conf 5 , 64.Xr makemap 8 65.Sh HISTORY 66The 67.Nm 68command first appeared in 69.Ox 4.6 70as a replacement for the equivalent command shipped with sendmail. 71