RE: sendmail/aliases.db error

["Paul McHale" <pmchale@doubleesolutions.com>]

I use the command:

makemap hash /etc/mail/access < /etc/mail/access

to generate the access.db file.  This might work for aliases as well.



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary D [mailto:joker@akula.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 3:56 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: sendmail/aliases.db error
> 
> 
> 
> Hey, everytime I try run sendmail, I get this error ->
> 
> May 17 15:39:22 skynet sendmail[8272]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): 
> Cannot open hash database /etc/aliases.db: Invalid argument
> 
> 
> If tried removing aliases.db, aliases, putting in new ones, simpler ones,
> leaving them blank.  I tried running makedb, tried newalaises, always get
> the same error --
> 
> newaliases gives this error
> Cannot open hash database /etc/aliases.db: Invalid argument
> WARNING: cannot open alias database /etc/aliases
> Cannot create database for alias file /etc/aliases
> 
> 
> please help
> -gary
> 
> 
> 
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