Bug 55058 – /etc/mail/aliases should be specified in /etc/postfix/main.cf

• Status: RESOLVED INVALID
• Product: [OLD] Docs-user

[Description Ioannis Aslanidis (RETIRED) 2004-06-24 10:54:11 UTC]

If you don't set in /etc/postfix/main.cf the following line:

alias_database = hash:/etc/mail/aliases

When we run /usr/bin/newaliases, it tries to process /etc/aliases instead.

This should be corrected in the guide.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

[Comment 1 Tuan Van (RETIRED) 2004-06-24 11:15:57 UTC]

what version of postfix are you using? All postfix-2.x.x set "alias_database = hash:/etc/mail/aliases" from the ebuild.

snipset:
        "${D}/usr/sbin/postconf" -c "${D}/etc/postfix" -e \
                "alias_maps=hash:/etc/mail/aliases" \
                "alias_database=hash:/etc/mail/aliases" \
                "local_destination_concurrency_limit=2" \
                "default_destination_concurrency_limit=2" \
                ${mypostconf} || die "postconf failed"

Then no need to mention it.

[Comment 2 Ioannis Aslanidis (RETIRED) 2004-06-24 11:18:18 UTC]

postfix-2.1.1

My mistake, I re-emerged it and now the line is appended at the end of the config file. Perhaps I deleted it accidentally.

RESOLVING INVALID.