Re: [cobalt-users] is this possible on a Raq4?

[Marco Baurdoux <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

le 1.7.2001 16:06, Carrie Bartkowiak à ravencarrie@xxxxxxxx a écrit :

>> Is there an easy way to do this? What is the procedure? I'm not very
> linux /
>> telnet savy.
> 
> Gabe,
> First, through the GUI, we're gonna take the 'info' alias out of the
> user's box that has it. Then make a third user that *only* has 'info'
> as it's alias.
> Now go into telnet:
> 1. Telnet (or use SSH) into your machine, login as admin.
> 2. Switch to root (superuser) by typing su -  (that's su<space>dash)
> 3. Type in your root password - this will be the same as admin's
> password if you haven't changed it.
> 4. Backup the /etc/mail/aliases file like so:
> cp /etc/mail/aliases /etc/mail/aliases.old
> 5. Open the /etc/mail/aliases file so you can change it:
> pico /etc/mail/aliases
> 6. Page down until you get to the very end of the file. On the last
> empty line, put the username of the THIRD user, a colon, then hit tab,
> then put in the email address of the first user, a comma, and the
> email address of the second user. Hit ENTER so that there is a fresh
> new blank line at the end of the file. So it will look like:
> thirduser:     user1@xxxxxxxxxx,user2@xxxxxxxxxx
> 7. Hit CTRL-X (CTRL and X at the same time) and when it asks if you
> want to save it, hit Y for yes. Then it will ask you if you want the
> name to be /etc/mail/aliases, just hit ENTER.
> 6. Restart sendmail:
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail restart



This solution will work perfectly, but you don't need to restart the
sendmail daemon after you modified your aliases file just use the command
"newaliases" and the job is done.