osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to make alias file
to POSIX file "/file/to/make/link/from" at POSIX file "/folder/where/to/make/link"'
alias mysql=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql
alias mysqladmin=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin
"Enable access for assistive devices" turned on? hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20060203225241914
osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to make alias file to alias "imac:Users:vy32:current:cyber.txt" at "imac:Users:vy32:foobar"'
/etc/postfix > cat aliases # # Sample aliases file. Install in the location as specified by the output from the command "postconf alias_maps". # Typical path names are /etc/aliases or /etc/mail/aliases. # # newaliases must be run for any changes to show through to Postfix. # Person who should get root's mail. Don't receive mail as root! #root: you # Basic system aliases -- these MUST be present MAILER-DAEMON: postmaster postmaster: root # General redirections for pseudo accounts bin: root daemon: root named: root nobody: root uucp: root www: root ftp-bugs: root postfix: root # Put your local aliases here. # Well-known aliases manager: root dumper: root operator: root abuse: postmaster # trap decode to catch security attacks decode: root # ALIASES(5)Provides a system-wide mechanism to redirect mail for local recipients. The redirections are processed by the Postfix local(8) delivery agent.aliases
Postfix local alias database format
# newaliases
Normally, the aliases(5) table is specified as a text file that serves as input to the postalias(1) command. The result, an indexed file in dbm or db format, is used for fast lookup by the mail system. newaliases rebuilds the indexed file after changing the Postfix alias database.
When the table is provided via other means such as NIS, LDAP or SQL, the same lookups are done as for ordinary indexed files.
Alternatively, the table can be provided as a regular-expression map where patterns are given as regular expressions. In this case, the lookups are done as described below under "REGULAR EXPRESSION TABLES".
Users can control delivery of their own mail by setting up .forward files in their home directory. Lines in per-user .forward files have the same syntax as the right-hand side of aliases(5) entries.
# The name is a local address (no domain part). Use double quotes when the name contains any special characters such
# as whitespace, `#', `:', or `@'. The name is folded to lowercase, in order to make database lookups case insensitive.
#
# In addition, when an alias exists for owner-name, delivery diagnostics are directed to that address,
# instead of to the originator of the message.
# This is typically used to direct delivery errors to the maintainer of a mailing list,
# who is in a better position to deal with mailing list delivery problems than the originator of the undelivered mail.
#
# The value contains one or more of the following:
#
# address Mail is forwarded to address, which is compatible with the RFC 822 standard.
#
# /file/name Mail is appended to /file/name. See local(8) for details of delivery to file.
Delivery is not limited to regular files. For example, to dispose of unwanted mail, deflect it to /dev/null.
#
# |command
# Mail is piped into command. Commands that contain special characters, such as whitespace, should be
# enclosed between double quotes. See local(8) for details of delivery to command.
#
# When the command fails, a limited amount of command output is mailed back to the sender.
The file /usr/include/sysexits.h defines the expected exit status codes.
For example, use "|exit 67" to simulate a "user unknown" error, and "|exit 0" to implement an expensive black hole.
#
# :include:/file/name
# Mail is sent to the destinations listed in the named file.
Lines in :include: files have the same syntax as the right-hand side of alias entries.
# A destination can be any destination that is described here .
Delivery to "|command" and /file/name is disallowed by default.
# To enable, edit the allow_mail_to_commands and allow_mail_to_files configuration parameters.
#
# ADDRESS EXTENSION
# When alias database search fails, and the recipient local part contains the optional recipient delimiter (e.g.,
# user+foo), the search is repeated for the unextended address (e.g., user).
#
# The propagate_unmatched_extensions parameter controls whether an unmatched address extension (+foo) is
propagated to the result of table lookup.
#
# CASE FOLDING
# The local(8) delivery agent always folds the search string to lowercase before database lookup.
#
# REGULAR EXPRESSION TABLES
# table lookups change when the table is given in the form of regular expressions.
For a description of regular expression lookup table syntax,
# see regexp_table(5) or pcre_table(5).
These formats do not use ":" at the end of a pattern.
#
# Each regular expression is applied to the entire search string.
Thus, a search string user+foo is not broken up into user and foo.
#
# Regular expressions are applied in the order as specified in the table,
until a regular expression is found that # matches the search string.
#
# Lookup results are the same as with indexed file lookups.
# For security reasons there is no support for $1, $2 etc. substring interpolation.
#
# SECURITY
# The local(8) delivery agent disallows regular expression substitution of $1 etc.
in alias_maps, because that would open a security hole.
#
# The local(8) delivery agent will silently ignore requests to use the proxymap(8) server within alias_maps.
Instead it will open the table directly. Before Postfix version 2.2, the local(8) delivery agent will terminate with a
# fatal error.
#
# CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
# The following main.cf parameters are especially relevant. The text below provides only a parameter summary.
See postconf(5)
#
# alias_database List of alias databases that are updated by the newaliases(1) command.
#
# alias_maps List of alias databases queried by the local(8) delivery agent.
#
# allow_mail_to_commands Restrict the usage of mail delivery to external command.
#
# allow_mail_to_files Restrict the usage of mail delivery to external file.
#
# expand_owner_alias When delivering to an alias that has an owner- companion alias,
set the envelope sender address to the right-hand side of the owner alias, instead using of the left-hand side address.
#
# propagate_unmatched_extensions
# A list of address rewriting or forwarding mechanisms that propagate an address extension from the
# original address to the result. Specify zero or more of canonical, virtual, alias, forward, include, or generic.
#
# owner_request_special # Give special treatment to owner-listname and list-name-request addresses.
#
# recipient_delimiter # Delimiter that separates recipients from address extensions.
#
# Available in Postfix version 2.3 and later:
#
# frozen_delivered_to
# Update the local(8) delivery agent's Delivered-To: address (see prepend_delivered_header) only once,
# at the start of a delivery; do not update the Delivered-To: address while expanding aliases or
# .forward files.
#
# STANDARDS
# RFC 822 (ARPA Internet Text Messages)
#
# SEE # local(8), local delivery agent newaliases(1), create/update alias database postalias(1), create/update alias database
# postconf(5), configuration parameters
#
# README FILES
# Use "postconf readme_directory" or "postconf html_directory" to locate this information.
# DATABASE_README, Postfix lookup table overview
#
# LICENSE The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.
#
View the file using strings to see the raw contents. strings is showing all my usernames and their aliases, not more (which is a good sign isn't it ?) The strange thing is they appear multiple times. I wonder if I have a loop in my config files (include of a config file which contains an include of the original config file from which it's included...) Thanks for replying – user450621 Jan 4 at 13:35 You should see the contents of the text file a couple of times but yes, that could be your issue, it sounds like it's looping incrementally somehow. – Simon Greenwood Jan 4 at 15:00