Ubuntu Manpage: inncheck - Check INN configuration and database files

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.

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