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Date:      Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:03:42 +0200
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: aliases error
Message-ID:  <20080716160342.66b8e536.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <2875.204.184.27.217.1216210438.squirrel@mail.bloomfield.k12.mo.us>
References:  <2875.204.184.27.217.1216210438.squirrel@mail.bloomfield.k12.mo.us>

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On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:13:58 -0500 (CDT), sgmayo@mail.bloomfield.k12.mo.us wrote:
> Here is the error that it gives:
> 
> SYSERR(root): Cannot open hash database /etc/mail/aliases.db:
> Inappropriate file type or format

I think you're using sendmail. Maybe this will help you:

	# cd /etc/mail
	# make aliases

This should (re)create /etc/mail/aliases.db from the aliases file
correctly.

-- 
Polytropon
>From Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0



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