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/etc/aliases file shows root aliased to my username

Asked by Scott Price

While looking at files in my /etc directory, I noticed that the "aliases" file has created an alias for root : prices (my username). It says it was automatically created. Is this normal?

This is a printout of the file (/etc/aliases):

# Added by installer for initial user
root: prices
clamav: root

I'm thinking this does not look right, but I'm new to Linux (Ubuntu Intrepid AMD-64). I just installed clamav, if that's relevant, and I'm using an HP AMD-64 Dual Core 4200 system with 2G RAM.

I would appreciate some guidance. Thank you.

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Nandan Vaidya (gotunandan) said : 		#1

It is the same in my case as well.

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Jeruvy (jeruvy) said : 		#2

If you note the 'installer' comment, that it added it and this is for sudo purposes. I'm no expert on sudo and it's setup so I'll leave that as a research exercise if you want more information (or if someone wants to respond with a more expert comment).

So this is normal from my understanding and previous conversations with others.

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Scott Price (scottpricepdx-gmail) said : 		#3

Thank you for your response. I will do some more research, and hopefully someone else will have a comment.

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Best Florian Diesch (diesch) said : 		#4

This is normal. /etc/aliases defines aliases for local email addresses. So this makes any mail to root to be redirected to the user created during installation.

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Scott Price (scottpricepdx-gmail) said : 		#5

Thanks. I appreciate the info.