CentOS - Apr 2006 - Postfix /etc/aliases problem

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Here's what I have from log watch.

   Database files are not up-to-date (propably rehash is needed):
   /etc/aliases : 16 Time(s)

Here's what I get from /var/log/maillog

  Apr 29 20:37:22 00304842f27e postfix/local[25980]: warning: database
  /etc/aliase s.db is older than source file /etc/aliases

Here's what I'm using
1. CentOS 4.3
2. Postfix as my MTA
3. Sendmail is still in the system
4. I used "system-switch-mail" to switch from sendmail to postfix.

Here's what I've done
1. newaliases
2. postalias aliases
3. postmap aliases

When I ran postmap I got errors. When I ran postalias it didn't give me
any errors. However, I'm not sure it's working because I still get the
database error in my logs.

What's going on here and how do I fix it?



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Damien Hull wrote:
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> Here's what I have from log watch.
> 
>    Database files are not up-to-date (propably rehash is needed):
>    /etc/aliases : 16 Time(s)
> 
> Here's what I get from /var/log/maillog
> 
>   Apr 29 20:37:22 00304842f27e postfix/local[25980]: warning: database
>   /etc/aliase s.db is older than source file /etc/aliases
> 
> Here's what I'm using
> 1. CentOS 4.3
> 2. Postfix as my MTA
> 3. Sendmail is still in the system
> 4. I used "system-switch-mail" to switch from sendmail to
postfix.
> 
> Here's what I've done
> 1. newaliases
> 2. postalias aliases
> 3. postmap aliases
> 
> When I ran postmap I got errors. When I ran postalias it didn't give me
> any errors. However, I'm not sure it's working because I still get
the
> database error in my logs.
First off, make sure Postfix is looking for the alias files where you THINK they
are looking.  Use the 'postconf' command to make
sure it's looking in the right place.  For example:
> [root at mail1 root]# postconf alias_maps
> alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases
> [root at mail1 root]# postconf alias_database
> alias_database = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases
If both of these aren't pointing to your aliases file in /etc, you can
change them to do so using postconf:

postconf -e "alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases"
postconf -e "alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases"

Then run 'newaliases' to rebuild the aliases.db file from the text file.

Hope that helps!
-- 
Jay Leafey - Memphis, TN
jay.leafey at mindless.com
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