[BlueOnyx:07340] Re: alias (virtusertable ?) issue

[Charles Bowman]

Hi Frank,

there appear to be DNS and hostname issues.

The hostname "systea.fr" uses CNAME records.
Will not work, use A records only.

Cheers,
C

On 21 May 2011 10:29, fsoyer at systea.net <fsoyer at systea.net> wrote:

> Hi guys
>
> On a BO box already in production, emails are working, but I now want
> use mail aliases.
> But all aliases return "user unknown...". It's like
> virtusertable file was not used, but aliases.db ? I've no more idea.
> Please heeeelp !
>
> I tried :
>  makemap hash /etc/mail/mailertable < /etc/mail/mailertable
>  makemap hash /etc/mail/access.db < /etc/mail/access
>  makemap hash /etc/mail/virtusertable.db <  /etc/mail/virtusertable
>  /etc/init.d/sendmail restart
>
> and then to be sure :
>  cd /etc/mail
>  make clean
>  make
>  /etc/init.d/sendmail restart
>
> For example, I've an alias "frank.soyer" on a "fsoyer" user :
> # sendmail -bv fsoyer at systea.net
> fsoyer at systea.net... deliverable: mailer local, user fsoyer
>
> # sendmail -bv frank.soyer at systea.net
> frank.soyer at systea.net... User unknown
>
> I also have an alias "f.soyer" on this user.  But on another domain
> "systea.fr" on the same host I have a *user* f.soyer.
> Normally, f.soyer at systea.net should point to fsoyer in the domain
> systea.net, but :
> # sendmail -bv f.soyer at systea.net
> f.soyer at systea.net... deliverable: mailer local, user f.soyer
>
> And more : I tried alias names "support" and "info", and receive :
> # sendmail -bv support at systea.net
> admin... deliverable: mailer local, user admin
> # sendmail -bv info at systea.net
> admin... deliverable: mailer local, user admin
>
> "admin" ??? Oh yes : this two aliases are in aliases file, pointing to
> the user admin !
> So I suppose that sendmail use aliases.db but not virtusertable.db.
>
> Then :
> # sendmail -d60.5 -bv frank.soyer at systea.net
> map_lookup(dequote, root, %0=root) => NOT FOUND (0)
> map_lookup(host, systea.net, %0=systea.net) => systea.net. (0)
> map_lookup(virtuser, frank.soyer at systea.net, %0=frank.soyer at systea.net,
> %1=frank.soyer) => NOT FOUND (0)
> map_lookup(virtuser, @systea.net, %0=@systea.net, %1=frank.soyer) =>
> frank.soyer at www.systea.net (0)
> map_lookup(host, www.systea.net, %0=www.systea.net) => www2.systea.fr.
> (0)
> map_lookup(virtuser, frank.soyer at www2.systea.fr, %
> 0=frank.soyer at www2.systea.fr, %1=frank.soyer) => NOT FOUND (0)
> map_lookup(virtuser, @www2.systea.fr, %0=@www2.systea.fr, %
> 1=frank.soyer) => NOT FOUND (0)
> frank.soyer at systea.net... User unknown
>
> You see ? What is strange is the line :
> map_lookup(host, www.systea.net, %0=www.systea.net) => www2.systea.fr.
> (0)
> where www2.systea.fr is the local hostname. On another BO working fine
> (I use it to try to find differences with the sick one, without
> success...) this line point to the vhost name (with the right domain
> name) not to the hostname !
>
> And without surprise, I find :
> # sendmail -d60.5 -bv info at systea.net
> map_lookup(dequote, root, %0=root) => NOT FOUND (0)
> map_lookup(host, systea.net, %0=systea.net) => systea.net. (0)
> map_lookup(dequote, info, %0=info) => NOT FOUND (0)
> map_lookup(virtuser, info at systea.net, %0=info at systea.net, %1=info) =>
> NOT FOUND (0)
> map_lookup(virtuser, @systea.net, %0=@systea.net, %1=info) =>
> info at www.systea.net (0)
> map_lookup(host, www.systea.net, %0=www.systea.net) => www2.systea.fr.
> (0)
> map_lookup(dequote, info, %0=info) => NOT FOUND (0)
> map_lookup(virtuser, info at www2.systea.fr, %0=info at www2.systea.fr, %
> 1=info) => NOT FOUND (0)
> map_lookup(virtuser, @www2.systea.fr, %0=@www2.systea.fr, %1=info) =>
> NOT FOUND (0)
> map_lookup(dequote, postmaster, %0=postmaster) => NOT FOUND (0)
> map_lookup(dequote, root, %0=root) => NOT FOUND (0)
> map_lookup(dequote, admin, %0=admin) => NOT FOUND (0)
> admin... deliverable: mailer local, user admin
>
> returning the alias (from aliases.db) "info" to "admin" (via postmaster,
> then root, then admin).
>
> A part of the virtusertable file :
> <------ snip
> support at www.systea.net       support
> info at www.systea.net        support
> @systea.net     %1 at www.systea.net
> <------ snip
>
> sendmail.mc (I have regenerated sendmail.cf from this one with m4) :
> ...
> define(`ALIAS_FILE',`/etc/mail/aliases, /etc/mail/aliases.majordomo')dnl
> ...
> FEATURE(`mailertable',`hash -o /etc/mail/mailertable.db')dnl
> FEATURE(`virtusertable',`hash -o /etc/mail/virtusertable.db')dnl
> FEATURE(redirect)dnl
> FEATURE(always_add_domain)dnl
> ...
>
> So in the .cf I have
> Kvirtuser hash -o /etc/mail/virtusertable.db
>
>
> How many hours on that problem.......
> Thank you for any suggestion ! :/
> Frank
>
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