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   1 .TH CONFLICT 8 RAND
   2 .SH NAME
   3 conflict \- Search for alias/password conflicts
   4 .SH SYNOPSIS
   5 .B /etc/mh/conflict
   6 [\fB\-mail\fR\ name]
   7 .SH DESCRIPTION
   8 .I Conflict
   9 is a program which checks to see that inconsistencies between
  10 the Rand MH alias file (
  11 .I mh-alias(5)
  12 ) and the
  13 .I password(5)
  14 file have not been introduced.  In particular, a line in the
  15 alias file may be "tom: jones" (because the user "jones" likes to be
  16 called Tom), but if "tom" is also a valid user name for someone else, then
  17 that user will no longer receive any mail; his mail will be received
  18 by "jones" instead!
  19 .PP
  20 .I Conflict
  21 also checks for mailboxes in /usr/spool/mail which do not belong
  22 to a valid user.
  23 It assumes that no user name will start with `.',
  24 and thus ignores files in /usr/spool/mail which
  25 begin with `.'.
  26 It also checks for entries in the
  27 .I group(5)
  28 file which do not belong to a valid user, and for users who do
  29 not belong to any group in the group file.  This last test is
  30 local to Rand, and will not be performed unless the \-DRAND flag
  31 was set at compile time.
  32 .PP
  33 If the
  34 .I \-mail
  35 flag is set, then the results will be sent to the specified
  36 .I name.
  37 Otherwise, the results are sent to the standard output.
  38 .PP
  39 .I Conflict
  40 should be run under
  41 .I Cron(1),
  42 or whenever system accounting takes place.
  43 .SH FILES
  44 /etc/MailAliases
  45 .br
  46 /etc/passwd
  47 .br
  48 /etc/group
  49 .br
  50 /usr/spool/mail/*
  51 .SH SEE ALSO
  52 mh-alias(5), passwd(5), group(5), ali(1)