---
name: "validateconf"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "tsocks"
version: "1.8beta5+ds1-3+b8"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/validateconf"
---

# validateconf(1)

This utility can be used to validate the tsocks.conf configuration file.

## NAME

**validateconf** - This utility can be used to validate the tsocks.conf configuration file.

## SYNOPSIS

**validateconf** \[-f config file\] \[-t  hostnameip\[:port\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

**validateconf** can be used to verify the  configuration  file.  It checks  the format of the file and also the contents for errors. Having read the file it dumps the configuration to the screen in a  formatted,  readable  manner. This can be extremely useful in debugging problems.

validateconf can read a configuration file from a location other than  the  location  specified  at  compile  time  with  the  -f \<filename\> command line option.

Normally validateconf simply dumps the configuration read to the screen  (in  a  nicely  readable  format), however it also has a useful 'test' mode. When passed a  hostname/ip  on  the  command line like -t \<hostname/ip\>, validateconf determines which of the SOCKS servers specified in the configuration file would be  used by tsocks to access the specified host.

## SEE ALSO

[tsocks.conf(5)](/tsocks.conf/5.md) [tsocks(8)](/tsocks/8.md)

## AUTHOR

This manpage was created by gustavo panizzo \<gfa@zumbi.com.ar\> for the Debian package of tsocks. It may be used by others.