>> is it not possible for /etc/aliases to be a link to /etc/mail/aliases?
>
>Where would you put the .db file?

sendmail makes in /etc/mail/aliases.db, of course.  it thinks the
aliases file is in /etc/mail and it opens them both there.

>Why not just make /etc/mail/aliases a symlink to /etc/aliases for that matter.

i guess it depends on who needs the aliases file and/or database.  in
the one case where i needed to read the aliases file, i did it "right"
(imho) and parsed the /etc/sendmail.cf file to find it.

so who (or what) needs it?

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