NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     makemap - create database maps for sendmail

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     makemap [-C file] [-N] [-c cachesize] [-D commentchar]  [-d]
[-e] [-f]
             [-l]  [-o]  [-r]  [-s]  [-t delim] [-u] [-v] maptype
mapname

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     makemap creates the database maps  used  by  the  keyed  map
lookups in
     sendmail(8).   It  reads  input  from the standard input and
outputs them to
     the indicated mapname.

     Depending on how it is compiled, makemap handles up to three
different
     database  formats,  selected  using  the  maptype parameter.
They may be

     dbm         DBM format maps.  This requires the ndbm(3)  library.

     btree        B-Tree  format  maps.   This  requires  the new
Berkeley DB library.


     hash        Hash format maps.  This also requires the Berkeley DB library.


     In  all  cases,  makemap reads lines from the standard input
consisting of
     two  words  separated  by  whitespace.   The  first  is  the
database key, the
     second  is  the value.  The value may contain ``%n'' strings
to indicated
     parameter substitution.  Literal percents should be  doubled
(``%%'').
     Blank lines and lines beginning with ``#'' are ignored.

     Notice:  do not use makemap to create the aliases data base,
but
     newaliases(8) which puts a special token into the data  base
that is required
 by sendmail(8).

     If  the TrustedUser option is set in the sendmail configuration file and
     makemap is invoked as root,  the  generated  files  will  be
owned by the
     specified TrustedUser.

   Flags    [Toc]    [Back]

     -C file     Use the specified sendmail(8) configuration file
for looking
                 up the TrustedUser option.

     -N          Include the null byte that terminates strings in
the map.
                 This  must  match the -N flag in the sendmail.cf
``K'' line.

     -c          Use the specified hash and B-Tree cache size.

     -D          Use to specify the character to use to  indicate
a comment
                 (which  is  ignored)  instead  of the default of
`#'.

     -d          Allow duplicate keys in the map.  This  is  only
allowed on BTree
  format  maps.   If  two identical keys are
read, they will
                 both be inserted into the map.

     -e          Allow empty value (right hand side).

     -f          Normally all upper case letters in the  key  are
folded to lower
  case.   This  flag  disables that behaviour.
This is intended
 to mesh with the -f flag in the ``K'' line in
sendmail.cf.
                 The value is never case folded.

     -l          List supported map types.

     -o           Append to an old file.  This allows you to augment an existing
 file.

     -r          Allow replacement of  existing  keys.   Normally
makemap complains
  if you repeat a key, and does not do the
insert.

     -s          Ignore safety  checks  on  maps  being  created.
This includes
                 checking  for  hard  or  symbolic links in world
writable directories.


     -t          Use the specified  delimiter  instead  of  white
space.

     -u           dump  (unmap)  the  content  of the database to
standard output.

     -v          Verbosely print what it is doing.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     editmap(8), newaliases(8), sendmail(8)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The makemap command appeared in 4.4BSD.

OpenBSD     3.6                        October      10,      2001