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conflict(8) System Manager's Manual conflict(8) NAME conflict - search for alias/password conflicts SYNOPSIS /usr/lib/mh/conflict [ -help ] [ -mail name ] [ -search directory ] [ aliasfiles ... ] DESCRIPTION The conflict program checks to see if the interface between MH and transport system is in good shape. It also checks for maildrops in /usr/spool/mail which do not belong to a valid user. It assumes that no user name will start with a dot (.) and thus ignores files in /usr/spool/mail which begin with a dot. The conflict program checks the entries in the specified alias files. It parses the entries in the same way that post would, and outputs any errors which it finds. The program can be used to check the entries in a user's personal alias file, or in the system alias file, /usr/lib/mh/MailAliases. If no alias file is specified, conflict checks the system alias file. The conflict program also checks the /etc/group file for entries which do not belong to a valid user, and for users who do not have a valid group number. In addition, duplicate users and groups are noted. The conflict program should be run under cron, or whenever system ac- counting takes place. FLAGS -help Prints a list of the valid options to this command. -mail name Mails the results to the specified name. Otherwise, the re- sults are sent to the standard output. -search directory Searches directories other than /usr/spool/mail, and reports anomalies in those directories. The -search switch can ap- pear more than once in an invocation to conflict, with dif- ferent directories named. FILES /usr/lib/mh/mtstailor The system customization file. /etc/passwd The system password file. /etc/group The system group file. /usr/bin/mh/mhmail Program used to mail results, if the -mail option is used. /usr/spool/mail Directory containing users' maildrops. RELATED INFORMATION mh-alias(4), cron(8) delim off conflict(8)