aliases munging

[mirror/dsa-wiki.git] / input / howto / new-machine.creole

diff --git a/input/howto/new-machine.creole b/input/howto/new-machine.creole
index c781988..f371f56 100644 (file)
--- a/input/howto/new-machine.creole
+++ b/input/howto/new-machine.creole
@@ -143,6 +143,14 @@ EOF
 }}}
 
 * Add debian-admin@debian.org to root in /etc/aliases
+{{{
+       if ! egrep '^root:' /etc/aliases > /dev/null; then
+               echo "root: debian-admin@debian.org" >> /etc/aliases
+       elif ! egrep '^root:.*debian-admin@debian.org' /etc/aliases > /dev/null; then
+               sed -i -e 's/^root: .*/&, debian-admin@debian.org/' /etc/aliases
+       fi
+       newaliases
+}}}
 
 * sane default editor
 {{{