You haven't run the postmap command to generate the alias database. Use the following: postmap hash:/etc/aliases postmap hash:/var/chroot/htdocs/mailman/data/aliases
----- Original Message Follows ----- From: "malgosia askanas (staff)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mailman-Users] Postfix has problems with Mailman aliases database Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 12:59:30 -0400 (EDT) > > I am installing Mailman on a machine running Postfix. I put in Postfix's > configuration file the statement > > alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases, hash:/var/chroot/htdocs/mailman/data/aliases > > and ran Mailman's "genaliases" command to generate the alias database (which > now contains aliases for 2 lists). But it looks like my Postfix is choking on > Mailman's aliases. I get a steady stream of the following complaints in the > maillog: > > Jun 9 12:45:20 polyhedra postfix/smtpd[16195]: fatal: open database > /var/chroot/htdocs/mailman/data/aliases.db: Invalid argument Jun 9 12:45:21 > polyhedra postfix/master[301]: warning: process /usr/local/libexec/smtpd pid > 16195 exit status 1 Jun 9 12:45:21 polyhedra postfix/master[301]: warning: > /usr/local/libexec/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling > > Does anybody have any advice, please? I notice the following seeming mismatch > , but I don't know if it's relevant: > > For the Postfix aliases database: > # file /etc/aliases.db > /etc/aliases.db: Berkeley DB (Hash, version 7, native byte-order) > > For the Mailman aliases database: > # file /var/chroot/htdocs/mailman/data/aliases.db > /var/chroot/htdocs/mailman/data/aliases.db: Berkeley DB 1.85 (Hash, version 2, > native byte-order) > > > Many thanks in advance, > > -malgosia > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ ==================== Kevin W. Gagel Network Administrator (250) 561-5848 local 448 (250) 562-2131 local 448 -------------------------------------------------------------- The College of New Caledonia, Visit us at http://www.cnc.bc.ca Virus scanning is done on all incoming and outgoing email. -------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/
