NAME
sympa_newaliases, sympa_newaliases.pl - Alias database maintenance
SYNOPSIS
sympa_newaliases.pl --domain=dom.ain
DESCRIPTION
sympa_newaliases.pl is a program to maintain alias database.
It is typically invoked from Sympa::Aliases::Template module 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/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 $SENDMAIL_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/sympa.conf
Sympa site configuration.
$LIBEXECDIR/sympa_newaliases-wrapper
Set UID wrapper for sympa_newaliases.pl.
HISTORY
sympa_newaliases.pl appeared on Sympa 6.1.18. It was initially written by IKEDA Soji <ikeda [AT] conversion.jp>.
SEE ALSO
Sympa::Aliases::Template.