dan@asihub.autosys.com (Dan O'Neill) (05/29/90)
We are running YellowPages on our network of DEC and Sun systems and have found that the 'aliases' portion of YellowPages is incompatible between the two platforms. The Suns are in the minority in our operation. The DEC machines operate as the YP master and YP servers. The suns are all set up as clients within the same YP domain. On the YP master, YP looks at the file /etc/mail.aliases to create the dbm files for YP distribution. The format of this file is "alias address". Please note that there is no ':' after the alias name. It is my understanding that under Sun OS, if one were running a Sun as the YP master, the YP alias file would be built from /etc/aliases. The format of that file is "alias: address". DEC seems to use two different files for handling mail aliases. The first, /etc/aliases, seems to be used for local mail, the second /etc/mail.aliases is for YellowPages. I suspect differences in the vendors implementation of sendmail are causing these problems. So, the question is, how do I generate a YP alias list that works for both platforms? Do I, 1) Setup a YP domain just for the Sun's? I'd rather not, as it represents more maintenance work for my group. 2) Continue to create alias files with :'s separating the names and placing these files into /etc/aliases for the Suns? 3) Replace both DEC and Sun's sendmail implementations with a public domain version which supports YP aliases in a consistent fashion? Thanks, I appreciate the help. Dan O'Neill dan@asihub.AUTOSYS.COM {uunet|ncr-sd}!asihub!dan Automated Systems, Inc. San Diego R&D