[Bug 228391] Re: /etc/aliases not updated

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: user-setup (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  /etc/aliases not updated

Status in “user-setup” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: postfix

  Ubuntu Server 8.04
  postfix 2.5.1-2ubuntu1

  After a fresh install of Ubuntu Server 8.04, the file /etc/aliases
  exists with a mapping from root to the user name I set up during
  installation:

  	$ cat /etc/aliases
  	root: mylogin

  If I install Postfix according to the instructions at
  https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/postfix.html, I install and
  configure it separately:

  	$ sudo apt-get install postfix
  	$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure postfix

  During the configuration, I'm asked:

  	Mail for the 'postmaster', 'root', and other system accounts
  	needs to be redirected to the user account of the actual
  	system administrator.

  If I enter a value other that the one already in /etc/aliases, that
  value isn't saved. For example, if I specify "yourlogin", I still see
  "mylogin" in the aliases file:

  	$ cat /etc/aliases
  	root: mylogin

  If I delete /etc/aliases before configuration, it works as expected:

  	$ sudo rm /etc/aliases
  	$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure postfix
  	$ cat /etc/aliases
  	postmaster: root
  	root: yourlogin

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