Name

conflict − search for alias/password conflicts

Syntax

/usr/new/lib/mh/conflict.8mh [−mail name] [−search directory] [aliasfiles...] [−help]

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 (.).  It also checks for entries in the group(5) file 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. Note that aliasfiles defaults to /usr/new/lib/mh/MailAliases

Options

-mail nameSends the results to the specified name. Otherwise, the results are sent to the standard output. 

-search directorySearches directories other than /usr/spool/mail and to report anomalies in those directories. The −search directory switch can appear more than one time in an invocation to conflict.

Files

/usr/new/lib/mh/mtstailor
/etc/passwd
/etc/group
/usr/new
/mh/mhmail
/usr/spool/mail

See Also

mh-alias(5mh), cron(8)