On 6/30/2020 8:16 AM, Jeremy Harris via Exim-users wrote:
On 29/06/2020 20:44, Jason Keltz via Exim-users wrote:
If an item is of the form
:include:<path name>
a list of further items is taken from the given file and included
at that point. Note: Such a file can not be a filter file; it is
just an out-of-line addition to the list. The items in the
included list are separated by commas or newlines and are not
subject to expansion. If this is the first item in an alias list
in an lsearch file, a colon must be used to terminate the alias
name. This example is incorrect:
list1 :include:/opt/lists/list1
It must be given as
list1: :include:/opt/lists/list1
Tainted data may not be used for a filename.
I can use the third form (last1: :include:/opt/lists/list1) in my
/etc/aliases file. However, I cannot use the first form:
:include:/etc/aliases.alternate
Am I misinterpreting the instruction?
It depends on how you are obtaining this list item. The item itself
takes the "first form". If you are doing an lsearch to get the item,
then the line in the file for lsearch (which needs both a key to
search for, and the data to be returned) needs to terminate the
key with a colon.
If you are not using an lsearch then "third form" is not relevant.
Hi Jeremy,
Thanks for your response. I'm still missing something ....
All I want to know is whether the following line alone in an existing
/etc/aliases file should or should not allow me to include aliases from
an additional external file:
:include:/etc/aliases.alternate
My system_aliases is defined as:
system_aliases:
driver = redirect
allow_fail
allow_defer
data = ${lookup{$local_part}lsearch{/etc/aliases}}
user = exim
file_transport = address_file
pipe_transport = address_pipe
If this syntax will not work, is there an additional way to include a
secondary aliases file?
The reason I am asking for this is because one alias file is modified by
hand, but the other one is automatically generated.
Thanks!
Jason.
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