Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ 550 lost all aliases

[Dmitry Alexeyev <dmi_a@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello! 

try 
# makemap hash /etc/mail/virtusertable < /etc/mail/virtusertable

as root.
It will rebuild virtusertable.db or report any errors you have in there. 

Dmitry

> On our RaQ3 turned RaQ550, we have about 80 domains
> running.  Late last week, we encountered trouble
> creating, modifying, or removing e-mail accounts or
> aliases.
>
> After viewing /etc/mail/virtusertable, we found the
> file to be filled with unintelligible ascii
> characters.
>
> I backed up the virtusertable and virtusertable.db
> files to another location and then removed them.  That
> fixed the problem with creating / removing accounts
> and aliases.
>
> The problem I now have is that none of the aliases
> work.  Aliases are still listed in the GUI.  When I
> create a new alias, it shows up in the virtusertable
> file.  I can tail -f /var/log/maillog and watch mail
> that is sent to one of the aliases be received (not
> rejected or bounced) by the server, but it doesn't get
> delivered.
>
> I have restarted inetd and also restarted the server
> since then, and it has not made a difference.
>
> Suggestions are appreciated!
>
> =====
> --Chris "Oger" Gebhardt