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.

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).