In message <1196833394.4461.10.camel@desktop.bryen.info>, Bryen
On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 23:27 -0600, listreader wrote:
On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 22:41 -0600, Bryen wrote:
On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 22:27 -0600, listreader wrote:
Hello..
[openSuSE 10.3 - 32bit - Gnome]
A new user question: what exactly is the file "/etc/aliases.YaST2save" and what YaST2 or other module uses it?
As a side note, while I was trying to use YaST2 help to look for an answer to my question, I got the following rather unhelpful response:
msbmain:/home/rsil # yast2 mail setup help Unknown option for command 'setup': help Use 'yast2 mail setup help' for a complete list of available options.
Thanks and cheers.
Ralph
It is used by the Postfix mail system as a database of aliases to determine who gets mail for whom.
You can read more about it in the man pages. man aliases
-- ---Bryen---
Hello..
Thanks for the fast response. The man pages only discuss the normal "aliases" file. I find no man page for "aliases.YaST2save" which is a different file. Have I missed it?
Thanks and cheers.
Ralph
Yast typically sets up its own set of files for certain modules rather than using the ones built in. Some are used as a backup reference, and others are used in place of existing configuration files. For example, when creating virtual hosts for your apache server, yast creates its own vhost configuration file in the same directory as /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/
If you are doing configurations directly through Yast, then no need to worry about that. If you are alternating between yast and command line, in some cases it could cause confusion and/or conflicts. Although most of the confusion is "human-based" as the application understands the differences between the two config files.
My understanding was that yast did not actually do anything with the "aliases.YaST2save" file, it just saves it in case it breaks something during an update, so that you can manually look in it to see what you had before the update. I could, of course, be wrong. -- Roger Hayter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org