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I have a /etc/postfix/virtual file set up to alias mail to different domains to the right local user, however I also want to use /etc/aliases to alias certain local users (mostly nobody and postmaster to root) -- I have:

alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual

But it seems to be ignoring the /etc/aliases (I have nobody: root but mail to nobody@localhost still goes to /var/mail/nobody)

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Did you use postmap after editing the aliases file? – Khaled Nov 3 '10 at 16:39
I used it on the virtual file... do I also need to call it on the aliases file? – singpolyma Nov 3 '10 at 17:08
Running postmap on /etc/aliases gives a bunch of warnings and running postalias has no effect – singpolyma Nov 3 '10 at 17:12
paste the results of postconf (obscure the things you want hidden). See if it matches what you think it should... If not maybe this will help. – Leo Nov 3 '10 at 20:03
postconf output (hostnames redacted) : pastie.org/1273446 – singpolyma Nov 4 '10 at 21:52
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Q: Did you run newaliases after changing the /etc/aliases/ file? A: you say “yes”.

Q: Do you have similar output for the following command?

# file /etc/aliases*
/etc/aliases:    ASCII text
/etc/aliases.db: Berkeley DB (Hash, version 9, native byte-order)
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Just tried running postmap /etc/aliases followed by newaliases and then reloading postfix... no effect. – singpolyma Nov 3 '10 at 19:06
$ file /etc/aliases* /etc/aliases: ASCII text /etc/aliases.db: Berkeley DB (Hash, version 9, native byte-order) – singpolyma Nov 4 '10 at 21:45
Could the problem have something to do with me using procmail for delivery? I have: mailbox_command = procmail -a $EXTENSION – singpolyma Nov 19 '10 at 16:43
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