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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:43:11 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:43:11 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 4.22.0.upstream/4.22.0
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man8/makemap.8 b/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man8/makemap.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..32cda2a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man8/makemap.8 @@ -0,0 +1,188 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2002 Proofpoint, Inc. and its suppliers. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" By using this file, you agree to the terms and conditions set +.\" forth in the LICENSE file which can be found at the top level of +.\" the sendmail distribution. +.\" +.\" +.\" $Id: makemap.8,v 8.32 2013-11-22 20:51:52 ca Exp $ +.\" +.TH MAKEMAP 8 "$Date: 2013-11-22 20:51:52 $" +.SH NAME +makemap +\- create database maps for sendmail +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B makemap +.RB [ \-C +.IR file ] +.RB [ \-N ] +.RB [ \-c +.IR cachesize ] +.RB [ \-d ] +.RB [ \-D +.IR commentchar ] +.RB [ \-e ] +.RB [ \-f ] +.RB [ \-i +.IR type ] +.RB [ \-l ] +.RB [ \-o ] +.RB [ \-r ] +.RB [ \-s ] +.RB [ \-t +.IR delim ] +.RB [ \-u ] +.RB [ \-v ] +.I +maptype mapnam +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B Makemap +creates the database maps used by the keyed map lookups in +sendmail(8). +It reads input from the standard input +and outputs them to the indicated +.I mapname. +.PP +Depending on how it is compiled, +.B makemap +handles different database formats, +selected using the +.I maptype +parameter. +They may be +.TP +btree +B-Tree format maps. +This requires the new Berkeley DB +library. +.TP +hash +Hash format maps. +This also requires the Berkeley DB +library. +.TP +cdb +CDB (Constant DataBase) format maps. +This requires the tinycdb library. +.TP +implicit +The first available format in the following order: +hash, dbm, and cdb. +.PP +In all cases, +.B makemap +reads lines from the standard input consisting of two +words separated by white space. +The first is the database key, +the second is the value. +The value may contain +``%\fIn\fP'' +strings to indicate parameter substitution. +Literal percents should be doubled +(``%%''). +Blank lines and lines beginning with ``#'' are ignored. +.PP +Notice: do +.B not +use +.B makemap +to create the aliases data base, but +.B newaliases +which puts a special token into the data base that is required by +.B sendmail. +.PP +If the +.I TrustedUser +option is set in the sendmail configuration file and +.B makemap +is invoked as root, the generated files will be owned by +the specified +.IR TrustedUser. +.SS Flags +.TP +.B \-C +Use the specified +.B sendmail +configuration file for looking up the TrustedUser option. +.TP +.B \-N +Include the null byte that terminates strings +in the map. +This must match the \-N flag in the sendmail.cf +``K'' line. +.TP +.B \-c +Use the specified hash and B-Tree cache size. +.TP +.B \-D +Use to specify the character to use to indicate a comment (which is ignored) +instead of the default of '#'. +.TP +.B \-d +Allow duplicate keys in the map. +This is only allowed on B-Tree format maps. +If two identical keys are read, +they will both be inserted into the map. +.TP +.B \-e +Allow empty value (right hand side). +.TP +.B \-f +Normally all upper case letters in the key +are folded to lower case. +This flag disables that behaviour. +This is intended to mesh with the +\-f flag in the +.B K +line in sendmail.cf. +The value is never case folded. +.TP +.B \-i +Use the specified type as fallback +if the given +.I maptype +is not available. +.TP +.B \-l +List supported map types. +.TP +.B \-o +Append to an old file. +This allows you to augment an existing file. +Note: this might not be supported by all database types, +e.g., cdb. +.TP +.B \-r +Allow replacement of existing keys. +Normally +.B makemap +complains if you repeat a key, +and does not do the insert. +.TP +.B \-s +Ignore safety checks on maps being created. +This includes checking for hard or symbolic +links in world writable directories. +.TP +.B \-t +Use the specified delimiter instead of white space +(also for dumping a map). +.TP +.B \-u +dump (unmap) the content of the database to standard output. +.TP +.B \-v +Verbosely print what it is doing. +.P +.SH Example +makemap hash /etc/mail/access < /etc/mail/access +.SH SEE ALSO +sendmail(8), newaliases(1) +.SH HISTORY +The +.B makemap +command appeared in +4.4BSD. |