Searches for alias and password conflicts.
The conflict command finds invalid mail drops and alias conflicts. The conflict command is not started by the user. The conflict command is called by the cron daemon and other programs used for system accounting. However, root user authority and the full path name of the command, /usr/lib/mh/conflict, are required to invoke the program.
The conflict command searches specified mail drop directories for mailbox files with names that do not correspond to valid users in the /etc/passwd file. In addition, the program searches alias files specified by the File parameter for duplicate names that do not resolve to the same address. By default, the conflict command searches the /etc/mh/MailAliases file.
The conflict command also searches entries in the group file (/etc/group) for invalid user names and users who do not have a valid group number.
Command output is to the monitor unless you specify the -mail flag. The -mail flag sends the command output to the specified user.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| -help | Lists the command syntax, available switches (toggles), and
version information. Note: For Message Handler (MH), the name of this flag must be fully spelled out. |
| -mail User | Sends the results of the conflict command to the user specified by the User variable. |
| -search Directory | Searches the directory indicated by the Directory variable for mailboxes that are not valid. You can specify any number of -search flags. The default mailbox directory is /var/spool/mail. |
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| /etc/mh/MailAliases | Contains the default mail alias file. |
| /etc/passwd | Contains a list of users. |
| /etc/group | Contains a list of groups. |
| /var/spool/$USER | The mail drop for the user $USER. |
| /$HOME/.mh_profile | Contains the MH user profile. |
| /etc/mh/mtstailor | Contains MH command definitions. |