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Subject: 	Re: missing /etc/aliases file
Date: 	Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:42:46 +0200
From: 	Kartagis <kartagis at kunduz.org>
To: 	Keith Roberts <keith at karsites.net>
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Keith Roberts wrote:
> Hi all. I've been getting the following errors on FC6 when 
> trying to start postfix:
>
> The following error occured after a clean installation of 
> postfix and fetchmail.
>
> part contents of /var/log/maillog:
>
> Dec 22 07:08:16 fedora-laptop postfix/postalias[3132]: 
> fatal: open /etc/aliases: No such file or directory
>
> Dec 22 07:08:18 fedora-laptop postfix/postfix-script: 
> starting the Postfix mail system
>
> Dec 22 07:08:18 fedora-laptop postfix/master[3178]: daemon 
> started -- version 2.3.3, configuration /etc/postfix
>
> Dec 22 07:09:43 fedora-laptop postfix/smtpd[3198]: fatal: 
> open database /etc/aliases.db: No such file or directory
>
> Dec 22 07:09:44 fedora-laptop postfix/master[3178]: warning: 
> process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 3198 exit status 1
>
> Dec 22 07:09:44 fedora-laptop postfix/master[3178]: warning: 
> /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- 
> throttling
>
> The problem appears to be no /etc/aliases text file in the 
> said directory, /etc.
>   
Try *find /etc/ -name aliases* and see where its exact location is
> I see that postfix will actually generate the 
> /etc/aliases.db file from /etc/aliases, on each startup of 
> postfix.
>   
That's incorrect. You need to run *newaliases* each time you edit 
aliases file and a new aliases.db will be generated.
> My main question is where does the text file /etc/aliases 
> originate from?
>
> Is it part of the standard Linux distribution?
>
> Or is it generated somehow for each specific Linux 
> installation? 
>
> Also, Can I use the /etc/aliases text file on my laptop for 
> my main machine, if one does not exist there after 
> installing postfix on it?
>
> I need to know that the postfix installation will complete 
> successfully with FC6 on my main machine, before installing 
> FC6 there, in place of SuSE 10.1.
>
> TIA
>
> Keith Roberts
>
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