[plug] Sendmail Aliases

[Leon Brooks]

Damion Hill wrote:

> Sendmail fails to start with message in /var/log/mail.log - 
> NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): Cannot open hash database 
> /etc/aliases.db: Invalid argument.

Perhaps /etc/sendmail.cf is damaged and sendmail is using defaults?


> I have tried newaliases to rebuild the hash but it says it can't open 
> either /etc/aliases or /etc/aliases.db. Both files are owned root.root 
> with perms 644

> I have deleted /etc/aliases.db and rewritten /etc/aliases but still get 
> the same error. Sendmail version 8.9.3

> Any ideas what I might have overlooked?

Look also in the /etc/mail/ directory if there is one.

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