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aliasadm(1M)		System Administration Commands		  aliasadm(1M)

NAME
       aliasadm - manipulate the NIS+ aliases map

SYNOPSIS
       aliasadm -a alias expansion [options comments] optional flags

       aliasadm -c alias expansion [ options comments] [ optional flags]

       aliasadm -d alias [ optional flags]

       aliasadm -e alias [ optional flags]

       aliasadm -l alias [ optional flags]

       aliasadm -m alias [ optional flags]

       aliasadm [-I] [-D domainname] [-f filename] [-M mapname]

DESCRIPTION
       aliasadm makes changes to the alias map.

       The alias map is an NIS+ table object with four columns:

       alias	       The name of the alias as a null terminated string.

       expansion       The value of the alias as it would appear in a sendmail
		       /etc/aliases file.

       options	       A list of options applicable to this  alias.  The  only
		       option  currently supported is CANON. With this option,
		       if the user has requested an inverse alias lookup,  and
		       there  is more than one alias with this expansion, this
		       alias is given preference.

       comments	       An arbitrary  string  containing	 comments  about  this
		       alias. The sendmail(1M) command reads this map in addi‐
		       tion to the NIS aliases map and the local  /etc/aliases
		       database.

OPTIONS
       -a	       Add an alias.

       -c	       Change an alias.

       -d	       Delete an alias.

       -e	       Edit the alias map.

       -I	       Initialize the NIS+ aliases database.

       -l	       List the alias map.

       -m	       Print or match an alias.

       -D domainname   Edit  the  map in domain domainname instead of the cur‐
		       rent domain.

       -f filename     When editing or	listing	 the  database,	 use  filename
		       instead of invoking the editor.

       -M mapname      Edit mapname instead of mail_aliases.

FILES
       /etc/aliases    mail aliases for the local host in ASCII format

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │SUNWnisu			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       sendmail(1M), attributes(5)

NOTES
       NIS+ might not be supported in future releases of the Solaris operating
       system. Tools to aid the migration from NIS+ to LDAP are	 available  in
       the    current	Solaris	  release.   For   more	  information,	 visit
       http://www.sun.com/directory/nisplus/transition.html.

SunOS 5.10			  12 Dec 2001			  aliasadm(1M)

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