Hi,
I have a question regarding some output to: /var/log/maillog when I
update the: /etc/mail/aliases file.
If I make a change to: /etc/mail/aliases:
$ doas vim /etc/mail/aliases
$ doas newaliases
I see the following in: /var/log/maillog:
... server smtpd[50072]: /etc/mail/aliases: fopen: Permission denied
... server smtpd[50072]: info: Failed to update table "aliases"
However, the output from: newaliases shows:
$ doas newaliases
/etc/mail/aliases: 69 aliases
Test messages also show that the changes to the aliases file are being
picked up.
The current permissions I have on: /etc/mail/aliases are:
-rw-r----- 1 root wheel 2.1K Jun 14 17:31 aliases
-rw-r----- 1 root wheel 64.0K Jun 14 17:31 aliases.db
... and I don't believe I've changed the file permissions (please
correct me if this isn't the default set of permissions).
My question is - why does smtpd output what it does - particularly the
"failed to update table" portion ?
Thanks,
- J
