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27.Dd February 26, 2005
28.Dt MKALIAS 8
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm mkalias
32.Nd a NIS map conversion program
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Nm
35.Op Fl deEnsuv
36.Ar input
37.Op Ar output
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39.Nm
40is used to convert a
41.Pa mail.aliases
42map to a
43.Pa mail.byaddr
44map. This is a inverse map of user@host (or user!host) back to alias.
45.Pp
46.Nm
47uses
48.Ar input
49as the input map, and if
50.Ar output
51is given, use that as the output map.
52If the output map isn't given don't create database.
53This can be useful when
54.Fl e
55or
56.Fl E
57is given.
58.Pp
59The options are as follows:
60.Bl -tag -width indent
61.It Fl d
62Assume domain names are OK.
63Only useful together with
64.Fl e
65or
66.Fl E .
67.It Fl e
68Check host to verify that it exists.
69.It Fl E
70Same as
71.Fl e ,
72but also check for any MX-record.
73.It Fl n
74Capitalize name.
75E.g., mats.o.jansson becomes Mats.O.Jansson.
76.It Fl u
77Assume UUCP names are OK.
78Only useful together with
79.Fl e
80or
81.Fl E .
82.It Fl s
83Ignored (only provided for compatibility with SunOS 4.1.x).
84.It Fl v
85Verbose mode.
86.El
87.Sh SEE ALSO
88.Xr nis 8 ,
89.Xr ypserv 8
90.Sh AUTHORS
91.An Mats O Jansson Aq Mt moj@stacken.kth.se
92