[rescue] Starting Postfix (was: Building Sendmail 8.13.1)Z

[Dan Williams]

On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 09:39:16 -0700, Sheldon T. Hall <shel at cmhcsys.com> wrote:
>  Jonathan C. Patschke says ...
> 
> > Really.  That's odd.  Do you have NIS anywhere in your nsswitch.conf?
> > The default on IRIX is to check NIS if the files are unusable.
> 
> Well, sorta:
> 
> #
> #automount(dynamic):    # nis(nis_enumerate_key)
> #bootparams:            files # nis
> capability:             files # nis
> clearance:              files # nis
> ethers:                 files # nis
> group:                  files # nis
> hosts:                  files dns # nis
> ipnodes:                files dns # nis
> mac:                    files # nis
> mail(null_extend_key): ndbm(file=/etc/aliases) # nis
> #netgroup:              # nis
> #netid.byname:          # nis
> networks:               files # nis
> passwd:                 files(compat) [notfound=return] # nis
> protocols:              files # nis [success=return]
> rpc:                    files # nis
> services:               files # nis
> shadow(mode=0700):      files
> #ypservers:             # nis
> jlimits:                mdbm # nis
> 
> So, "nis" is there, but it's commented out.
> 
> I assume the actual problem is the line
> 
>         mail(null_extend_key): ndbm(file=/etc/aliases) # nis
> 
> but I have no idea what to do about it.  I haven't changed /etc/aliases (if
> that's what postfix even wants), although I regenerated the .dir and .pag
> file with the "old" sendmail newaliases command.
> 
> -Shel
> 
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My main.cf file has these entries :

alias_maps = dbm:/etc/postfix/aliases
#alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
#alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases, nis:mail.aliases
#alias_maps = netinfo:/aliases 


Have you got the nis bit commented out ?

Dan