> Perhaps what is needed is some more advanced version of aliases.conf
> that is a database in its own right like aliases.fdb ;)

IIRC a database product named "InterBase 7" from a company named
"CodeGear" ;-) has a database that keeps security *and* alias
information in a database.

You could grant/revoke rights to the alias table to users and roles -
if it were in a database and not in a text file.

> It may be worthwhile to make an enhancement request.

Seconded :-)


Best Regards

Stefan