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Article #281Re: What does "dbm: no open database" mean?
From: Benoit Grange
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1992 15:40
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 Mail to : ben@fizz.fdn.org (SMALL NeXTMails accepted, < 10kb)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!arakis.fdn.org!gamb.fdn.org!fizz!ben From: ben@fizz.fdn.gna.org (Benoit Grange) Subject: Re: What does "dbm: no open database" mean? Message-ID: <1992Aug2.154016.2051@fizz.fdn.gna.org> Sender: ben@fizz.fdn.gna.org Organization: Personal. References: <BsAF6q.3zC@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1992 15:40:16 GMT Lines: 23