NAME¶
inncheck - Check INN configuration and database files
SYNOPSIS¶
inncheck [
-afqv] [
--noperm |
--perm]
[
--pedantic] [
file |
file=path ...]
DESCRIPTION¶
inncheck examines various configuration files and databases and verifies
things about them. Things verified depend on the file being checked, but
generally are things like permissions, ownership, syntax errors in config
files, etc.
inncheck does not make changes to any files -- it just reports what
it thinks may be wrong, and it is up to the operator to fix the problem
The set of files checked may be restricted by using
file or
file=path arguments. For example, putting
"incoming.conf" causes only the
incoming.conf file to be
checked. Using "incoming.conf=/tmp/incoming.conf" on the command
line will cause
inncheck to only verify the
incoming.conf file,
and it will perform the checks on the
/tmp/incoming.conf file instead
of the default one. Setting a file path to an empty value like
"incoming.conf=" will skip the check for that file (this only makes
sense with
-a, or no files will be checked at all).
Valid values for
file are:
active
control.ctl
control.ctl.local
expire.ctl
incoming.conf
inn.conf
innfeed.conf
moderators
newsfeeds
nntpsend.ctl
passwd.nntp
readers.conf
storage.conf
OPTIONS¶
- -a, --all
- If any file value or file=path
pairs (see below) are given, then normally only the files they refer to
are checked. Use the -a (or --all) flag to specify that
all files should be checked regardless. In this case the form
file =path will be the more useful.
- -f, --fix
- Use the -f flag (or --fix) to have
inncheck print the appropriate
chown/chgrp/chmod command necessary to fix a problem
that it reports. Any other output lines will be prefixed with a hash sign
("#") to make the output be valid input for a shell. Note that
the --perm flag must be used as well when using this flag.
- --noperm
- To avoid doing any checking of file permissions or
ownership, use the --noperm option.
- --pedantic
- Use the --pedantic option to get reports on things
that are not necessarily wrong, but may indicate a bad configuration, such
as inn.conf missing a key.
- --perm
- inncheck checks all files for permission problems.
If the --perm flag is used, then only the files specified by
the file or file=path command line arguments
will be checked for problems other than permission problems.
- -q, --quiet
- Use the -q option (or --quiet) to get less
output.
- -v, --verbose
- Use the -v option (or --verbose) to get more
verbose output.
EXAMPLES¶
To have
inncheck check all files for syntax and permission problems
simply run:
inncheck
It is recommended to run the following command to be aware of all the potential
problems
inncheck can detect:
inncheck -a --perm --pedantic
To have
inncheck check all files for permission problems and to verify
the syntax of the
active and
incoming.conf files, do:
inncheck --perm active incoming.conf
To fix the permissions problems noted in the output of the above command, modify
it as follows:
inncheck -f --perm | sh
(Note that it is useless to mention the name of the two files since permission
problems are checked on all files.)
To have
inncheck check the test
newsfeeds file in
/var/tmp/newsfeeds.testing, do:
inncheck newsfeeds=/var/tmp/newsfeeds.testing
To have
inncheck check all the files as it normally does, but to specify
a different location for the
newsfeeds file and omit checking of the
innfeed.conf file, do:
inncheck -a newsfeeds=/var/tmp/newsfeeds.testing innfeed.conf=
BUGS¶
If the
-f and
--perm options are used together, along with
-a or some
file or
file=path arguments that
refer to a file with a syntax problem, then the output will no longer be valid
input for a shell.
In most cases,
inncheck currently does not correctly understand option
values spanning multiple lines. If you get error messages about runaway
quotes, you either have to ignore them and check the correctness of the
relevant lines yourself, or merge the value into a single line.
HISTORY¶
Written by Brendan Kehoe <brendan@cygnus.com> and Rich Salz
<rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews. Converted to POD by Julien Elie.
$Id: inncheck.pod 9429 2012-06-15 18:21:26Z iulius $
SEE ALSO¶
active(5),
control.ctl(5),
expire.ctl(5),
history(5),
incoming.conf(5),
inn.conf(5),
innfeed.conf(5),
moderators(5),
newsfeeds(5),
nntpsend.ctl(5),
passwd.nntp(5),
readers.conf(5),
storage.conf(5).