Sendmail error

[Raja Balasubramanian]

Hi All,

we have been getting such errors reported no clue as to what it is

alias database /var/adm/sendmail/aliases.pag out of date

Please let us know if this is critical issue , we have observed this error in a tru64 Unix 5.1B server

Let me know if you need more details,

Regards,
Raja.B

[Steven Schweda · Accepted solution]

"man newaliases"?

Have you changed the "aliases" file lately?
I know nothing, but I'd guess that sendmail
is comparing the date-time on the "aliases"
file with the date-time on the associated
".dir" and/or ".pag" files, and complaining
if "aliases" is newer.

[Ivan Ferreira]

What do you get when you run "newaliases". This will refresh the aliases database.

[Raja Balasubramanian]

When I executed the "newaliases" command , I got a message stating that there is a duplicate entry for a particular user , after removing the same and executing the "newaliases" command again , the time stamp for the alias file and the associated .dir and .pag files are now same.

Thanks for you help.

Regards,
Raja.B