Subject: /etc/aliases
To: Soren S. Jorvang <soren@wheel.dk>
From: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
List: source-changes
Date: 05/04/2000 01:52:59
>> > - sendmail configuration files are in /etc/mail, not /etc.
>> > - src/etc/aliases will be installed into /etc/mail/aliases (confusing)
>> > - rc.d/sendmail warns if /etc/sendmail.cf exists.
>>
>> Postfix also uses the "aliases" file. So, perhaps our default Postfix
>> config should look for the aliases file in /etc/mail/aliases?
>
>I think aliases(5) can be thought of as being somewhat MTA independent,
>so it might make sense to just leave it as /etc/aliases.
for sendmail, this is just matter of how we write /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
so it should be okay. there can be some other binaries that can
break (hardcode /etc/mail/aliases), however.
how does postfix handle/create /etc/aliases.db? is postfix compatible
with sendmail?
itojun