Sendmail Operation Guide

Parameters in BuildTools/OS/$oscf

These parameters are intended to describe the compilation environment, not site policy, and should normally be defined in the operating system configuration file.


NDBM
If set, the new version of the dbm(3bsd) library that allows multiple databases will be used. If neither NDBM nor NEWDB are set, a much less efficient method of alias lookup is used.

NEWDB
If set, use the new database package from Berkeley (from 4.4BSD). This package is substantially faster than DBM or NDBM. If NEWDB and NDBM are both set, sendmail will read DBM files, but will create and use NEWDB files.

NIS
Include support for NIS. If set together with both NEWDB and NDBM, sendmail will create both DBM and NEWDB files if and only if an alias file includes the substring ``/yp/'' in the name. This is intended for compatibility with Sun Microsystems' mkalias program used on YP masters.

NISPLUS
Compile in support for NIS+.

NETINFO
Compile in support for NetInfo (NeXT stations).

LDAPMAP
Compile in support for LDAP X.500 queries. Requires libldap and liblber (see Configuring and administering LDAP).

HESIOD
Compile in support for Hesiod.

_PATH_SENDMAILCF
The pathname of the sendmail.cf file.

_PATH_SENDMAILPID
The pathname of the sendmail.pid file.

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