INNWATCH(8)               InterNetNews Documentation               INNWATCH(8)


NAME
       innwatch - Monitor the state of INN and the system

SYNOPSIS
       innwatch [-f ctlfile] [-i seconds] [-l logfile] [-t seconds]

DESCRIPTION
       innwatch is normally started and stopped by rc.news when doinnwatch is
       set to true in inn.conf.  Every innwatchsleeptime seconds, as set in
       inn.conf as well as other parameters tuning its behaviour, innwatch
       examines the load average, and the number of free blocks and inodes on
       the spool partition, as described by its control file, innwatch.ctl in
       pathetc.

       If the load gets too high, or the disk gets too full, it throttles the
       server.  When the condition restores, it unblocks the server.  In
       addition, on each pass through the loop, it will check the logfile
       pathlog/news.crit to see if it has been modified, and send mail to the
       news administrator if so.

       Upon receipt of an interrupt signal (SIGINT), innwatch will report its
       status in the file innwatch.status in pathrun.

OPTIONS
       -f file
           Specify the control file to use, other than the default of
           innwatch.ctl in pathetc.

       -i seconds
           With this option, innwatch has an initial sleep of seconds seconds
           at startup.  This is useful when innwatch is started at the same
           time as INN, so that it can wait a little before beginning
           performing its checks.

       -l logfile
           Specify a log file to watch, other than the default of news.crit.

       -t seconds
           Specify the period in seconds between checks, to override the value
           set in inn.conf.

HISTORY
       Written by Mike Cooper <mcooper@usc.edu>, with modifications by
       <kre@munnari.oz.au>, Steve Groom <stevo@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> and
       Christophe Wolfhugel <wolf@pasteur.fr>.  Converted to POD by Julien
       Elie.

SEE ALSO
       inn.conf(5), innwatch.ctl(5), newslog(5), rc.news(8).

INN 2.7.1                         2022-07-10                       INNWATCH(8)