Re: /etc/aliases

[Andrew Brown <atatat%atatdot.net@localhost>]

>>>     - /etc/mail/aliases
>>>             postfix is not happy
>>>             may need more twisted upgrade instruction
>>otoh, independant sendmail upgrades are easier.  :)
>
>       yup.
>
>       i forgot to ask this; is there any plans for postfix to catch up to
>       /etc/mail/aliases? (since postfix is trying to be sendmail-friendly,
>       why not?)  if there is, we should move to /etc/mail/aliases anyways.

/me grins  :)

>>oh, and let's please not forget the mtree stuff?  i feel like i've
>>been tweaking mine a lot lately...mostly my own fault, but still, if
>>sendmail.cf is gonna move, the mtree files should be kept in sync.
>
>       mtree stuff means /etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist?  I've already added
>       /etc/mail into there.

and the special file, which is the one that /etc/security uses each
night to check if everything's still "sane".

--- basesrc/etc/mtree/special   Fri Mar 10 15:21:58 2000
+++ /etc/mtree/special  Wed May  3 20:35:00 2000
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@
 ..     #dev
 
 etc            type=dir mode=0755 uname=root gname=wheel
+mail           type=dir mode=0755 uname=root gname=wheel
 aliases                type=file mode=0644 uname=root gname=wheel
 aliases.db     type=file mode=0644 uname=root gname=wheel
+sendmail.cf    type=file mode=0644 uname=root gname=wheel
+..     #etc/mail
 amd            type=dir mode=0755 uname=root gname=wheel optional
 ..     #etc/amd
 apm            type=dir mode=0755 uname=root gname=wheel optional
@@ -88,7 +91,6 @@
 security       type=file mode=0644 uname=root gname=wheel
 security.conf  type=file mode=0644 uname=root gname=wheel
 services       type=file mode=0644 uname=root gname=wheel
-sendmail.cf    type=file mode=0444 uname=root gname=wheel
 shells         type=file mode=0644 uname=root gname=wheel
 spwd.db                type=file mode=0600 uname=root gname=wheel
 syslog.conf    type=file mode=0644 uname=root gname=wheel


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