sendmail & /etc/mail/aliases
Hi all. I have just compiled and installed sendmail. I am having problems running "sendmail -v -bi" (and newaliases, which I think is what that really means). I get this error:
Cannot rebuild aliases: no database format defined Cannot create database for alias file /etc/mail/aliases I have installed db, and it seems like that is working (if db has anything to do with it). Does anybody have any suggestions? Thanks in advance -Adam ooh yeah... here's my /etc/mail/aliases file: postmaster: root MAILER-DAEMON: root |
Did you know we have an LFS forum?
Did you include database formats when you built sendmail? |
Yes, i know there is an lfs forum, but i figured this topic was general enough to be in the software section. I am not sure if I included the formats... here's how I built it (straight from the BLFS instructions)
cat > devtools/Site/site.config.m4 << "EOF" define(`confMANGRP',`root') define(`confMANOWN',`root') define(`confSBINGRP',`root') define(`confUBINGRP',`root') define(`confUBINOWN',`root') EOF cd sendmail && sh Build && cd ../cf/cf && cp generic-linux.mc sendmail.mc && mkdir /etc/mail && sh Build sendmail.mc && sh Build install-cf && cd ../../ && sh Build install I don't see anything about databases... Did i skip something? |
Uhm, No, I mean, if you did build *sendmail* yourself, did you configure it to use one or more of the database types to use?
I haven't got LFS, and I didn't read its docs, but if you installed for instance db3 then in devtools/Site/site.config.m4 you could do: APPENDDEF(`confINCDIRS',`-I/usr/include/db3') define(`confMAPDEF', `-DNEWDB') The sendmail docs at sendmail.org should also point at installing necessary database formats for use with sendmail. |
Thanks unSpawn... I'll check that out. Usually when the instructions are complicated in LFS, i just kindof blindly follow them, with the hope of deciphering them later. Looks like this is one case where i have to decipher NOW.
ps- Maybe you're right.... you can move the thread to the lfs forum if you want. |
Well, hope it gets you there... About moving, only moderators (mcleodnine or rshaw) or jeremy can do that. I'd suggest you start up a new thread in LFS when necessary.
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