NEWALIASES(1)              OpenBSD Reference Manual              NEWALIASES(1)

NAME
     newaliases - rebuild the data base for the mail aliases file

SYNOPSIS
     newaliases

DESCRIPTION
     Newaliases rebuilds the random access data base for the mail aliases file
     /etc/aliases. It must be run each time this file is changed in order for
     the change to take effect.

     Newaliases is identical to ``sendmail -bi''.

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

FILES
     /etc/aliases  The mail aliases file

SEE ALSO
     aliases(5),  mailer.conf(5),  sendmail(8)

HISTORY
     The newaliases command appeared in 4.0BSD.

OpenBSD 2.6                      May 19, 1998                                1
