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Re: Sendmail errors with 'unknown member map aliases.dns'

 
Bob Kimble
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‎10-26-2001 03:53 PM

‎10-26-2001 03:53 PM

Sendmail errors with 'unknown member map aliases.dns'

I am a newbie to Unix - we have no experts. We have 2 HP9000 boxes. Sendmail stopped working on one of them and I haven't a clue why. mail.log has many errors like the following: Oct 21 19:56:31 bigdog sendmail[23751]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): Switch map aliases: unknown member map aliases.dns.
When I issue 'echo test | sendmail -v root@localhost', I get 'Switch map aliases: unknown member map aliases.dns' Can someone tell me where to start?
The situation is hopeless, but not serious.
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Sridhar Bhaskarla
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‎10-26-2001 04:13 PM

‎10-26-2001 04:13 PM

Re: Sendmail errors with 'unknown member map aliases.dns'

Bob,

Try giving a newaliases as root and see what happens.

-Sri
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try
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Eugen Cocalea
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‎10-27-2001 10:00 AM

‎10-27-2001 10:00 AM

Re: Sendmail errors with 'unknown member map aliases.dns'

Hi,

cat /etc/mail/service.switch
or look in your /etc/nsswitch.* file, I think it's an extra . in the configuration file.
It should be something like 'aliases dns' not 'aliases.dns'.

PS: it's only an assumption.

E.
To Live Is To Learn
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