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Re: What does "dbm: no open database" mean?

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From: Benoit Grange
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1992 15:40
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In article <BsAF6q.3zC@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jeffo@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (J.B.  
Nicholson-Owens) writes:
> When sending mail, even mail to someone on the same host, I always
> get "dbm: no open database".  It says that just after typing
> "mail jeffo" (when I mail myself as a test).
> 
> What causes this and how can I fix this?
I think this is caused by a missing aliases.dir (and/or aliases.pag) file
in /etc/sendmail/
You should try to do /usr/bin/newsaliases
> 
> Also, could this have anything to do with Mail.app not working as it
> should or sendmail holding up all the mail in the mqueue dir (it is
> saying stat=Skipped in the syslog a *lot* and coming up with
> stat=unknown mailer error 1 a lot).
> 
This may be caused by wrong permissions on files/dirs used by uux.
I am currently tracking this problem on my computer.
I don't think this has anything to do with the previous problem.
-- 
Benoit Grange - PARIS - FRANCE

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