.TH CONFLICT 8 RAND
.SH NAME
conflict \- Search for alias/password conflicts
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /etc/mh/conflict
[\fB\-mail\fR\ name]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Conflict
is a program which checks to see that inconsistencies between
the Rand MH alias file (
.I mh-alias(5)
) and the
.I password(5)
file have not been introduced.  In particular, a line in the
alias file may be "tom: jones" (because the user "jones" likes to be
called Tom), but if "tom" is also a valid user name for someone else, then 
that user will no longer receive any mail; his mail will be received
by "jones" instead!
.PP
.I Conflict
also checks for mailboxes in /usr/spool/mail which do not belong
to a valid user.
It assumes that no user name will start with `.',
and thus ignores files in /usr/spool/mail which
begin with `.'.
It also checks for entries in the
.I group(5)
file which do not belong to a valid user, and for users who do
not belong to any group in the group file.  This last test is
local to Rand, and will not be performed unless the \-DRAND flag
was set at compile time.
.PP
If the
.I \-mail
flag is set, then the results will be sent to the specified
.I name.
Otherwise, the results are sent to the standard output.
.PP
.I Conflict 
should be run under 
.I Cron(1),
or whenever system accounting takes place.
.SH FILES
/etc/MailAliases
.br
/etc/passwd
.br
/etc/group
.br
/usr/spool/mail/*
.SH SEE ALSO
mh-alias(5), passwd(5), group(5), ali(1)