Public bug reported: on a (freshly installed) system with nis authentication, postfix is no longer able to read aliases from the nis table mail.aliases. in 10.04 it worked
symptoms are: - errors in /var/log/mail.log: warning: nis:mail.aliases is unavailable. unsupported dictionary type: nis - and mail is not forwarded Obviously some build switch was changed between 10.04 and 12.04. In 10.04: $ postconf -m | grep nis nis In 12.04 the output is empty. But still in 12.04 the postfix.postinst skript looks for nis and creates an appropriate mail.cf entry for lookup in nis:mail.aliases $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Release: 12.04 $ apt-cache policy postfix postfix: Installiert: 2.9.3-2~12.04.3 ** Affects: postfix (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: regression-release -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to postfix in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068036 Title: postfix (precise) has lost the ability to lookup aliases in NIS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postfix/+bug/1068036/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs