[ale] Diff the whole file system?

[Watson, Keith]

Here are some tools that might help:

CheckInstall
http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/


Installwatch
http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/installwatch.html


instmon
http://freecode.com/projects/instmon


sinstall
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sinstall/


slacktrack
http://freecode.com/projects/slacktrack


strace Analyzer
http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/high-performance-computing/w/wiki/2264.aspx
http://preview.tinyurl.com/7c7hf79


keith


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Keith R. Watson                        Georgia Institute of Technology
IT Support professional Lead           College of Computing
keith.watson at cc.gatech.edu             801 Atlantic Drive NW
(404) 385-7401                         Atlanta, GA 30332-0280


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of James
> Sumners
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 09:10
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> Subject: [ale] Diff the whole file system?
> 
> I have a situation where I'm being forced to allow a remote installer
> to have root level sudo access to install their company's product
> (don't like it, but it's out of my hands). Technically, I have the
> system setup such that they should not need such access, but I can't
> change the monkey's script. Anyway, I'd like to be able to sort of
> "snapshot" my file system before I let them in so that I can go back
> and look at a before and after difference. Do any of you know of such
> a tool? Could this be done with rsync?
> 
> I've read that LVM supports snapshots at the block level. Seeing as
> they are block level snapshots I don't see how that will help me
> figure out what the installer changed. I'd be able to revert the
> changes, but not study them.
> 
> --
> James Sumners
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> 
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