---
name: "arc-config-check"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nordugrid-arc-arex"
version: "6.17.0-3"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/arc-config-check"
---

# arc-config-check(1)

checks the arc.conf for inconsistencies, known problems or bad taste.

## NAME

arc-config-check - checks the arc.conf for inconsistencies, known problems or bad taste.

## SYNOPSIS

arc-config-check \[--config CONFIG\] \[--timeserver NTPHOST\] \[--skip-warnings\] \[--print-all\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **arc-config-check** utility is included into **arc-arex** startup process or can be run separately.

It checks **arc.conf (5)** complies to **arc.conf.reference**  syntax, indicates directories that are not present, checks host certificates,  CA certificates and CRLs, validates the sanity of ARC configuration, tests for clock skew, etc.

BECAUSE EVERY INSTALLATION OF ARC IS DIFFERENT THIS UTILITY ONLY SUGGESTS WHAT COULD BE WRONG. SOMETIMES IT IS OVERRESTRICTIVE. AND SOMETIMES IT CAN MISS SOME MISCONFIGURATION. NEVER TREAT RESULTS PRODUCED BY IT AS ULTIMATE TRUTH.

## OPTIONS

- *--config \<string\>*

  Specifies the location of the config file, by default it is /etc/arc.conf

- *--printall*

  Lists all variable names of the config file together with their values.

- *--timeserver \<server\>*

  Allows the specification of a server against which to test the local system's time.

- *--skip-warnings*

  Do not show warnings.

- *--help*

  Quick summary of options

- *--man*

  Detailed man page.

## COPYRIGHT

APACHE LICENSE Version 2.0

## FILES

*/etc/arc.conf*

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to http://bugzilla.nordugrid.org/

## AUTHOR

ARC software is developed by the NorduGrid Collaboration  (http://www.nordugrid.org), please consult the AUTHORS file distributed with  ARC. Please report bugs and feature requests to http://bugzilla.nordugrid.org

## SEE ALSO

[**arcctl**(1)](/arcctl/1.md), [**arc.conf**(5)](/arc.conf/5.md)