NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       conflict - search for alias/password conflicts

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       /usr/lib/mh/conflict  [-help] [-mail name] [-search directory]
 [aliasfiles...]

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Prints a list of the valid options to this command.  Mails
       the results to the specified name.  Otherwise, the results
       are sent to the  standard  output.   Searches  directories
       other than /usr/spool/mail, and reports anomalies in those
       directories. The -search switch can appear more than  once
       in  an  invocation to conflict, with different directories
       named.

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       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 accounting takes place.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  system customization file.  The system password file.
       The system group file.  Program used to mail  results,  if
       the  -mail  option  is  used.  Directory containing users'
       maildrops.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       Commands: cron(8)

       Files: mh-alias(4)



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