newaliases
The name newaliases (a synonym
for the -bi
command-line switch) causes
sendmail to rebuild all the
aliases database files, print
summary information, and then immediately exit
(Rebuild the Alias Database on
page 478). In this mode the -v command-line switch (-v on page 249) is automatically
implied, and sendmail runs in
verbose mode.
The location of the aliases file
is given in the configuration file with the AliasFile option (Alphabetized Options on page 970).
That location can be overridden from the command
line, but if it is, sendmail
gives up its special privileges (unless it was run
by root).
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