system error

[peterchu]

I found this error in /var/log/maillog , could suggest what is the reason of this error ? thx.

NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): hash map "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/aliases.db: Permission denied

[Claudio Cilloni · Accepted solution]

maybe the permissions on that file are wrong. In my RH9 system they are:

# ll /etc/aliases.db
-rw-r----- 1 smmsp smmsp 12288 Mar 1 13:47 /etc/aliases.db


the command
# chmod 640 /etc/aliases.db

will set the permission bits like these.

hth,
Claudio

[Mark Grant]

Just run the following commmand an your error should go away.

"newaliases"

This will re-create the alaises.db file for you.