[ale] Diff the whole file system?

[James Sumners]

Thank you. Integrit was the perfect solution for me. It's very simple
to setup and use. I also did an rsync of the whole file system just to
be sure.

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 22:02, Aleksey Tsalolikhin
<atsaloli.tech at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, James.  You might have handled this already, but just for your interest,
> CFEngine has a file integrity monitoring feature, like Tripwire.  It can track
> file checksums and attributes (ownership, permissions, etc.).
>
> There is an example of using this "detect_all_change" feature at
> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10924Just replace "/etc" with "/".
> Test on a non-production system first, this is pretty cpu and disk intensive.
>
> Best,
> -at
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 6:10 AM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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
>> http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/
>>
>> "All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
>> pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
>> is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
>> drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."
>>
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>> CH:D 59
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-- 
James Sumners
http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/

"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."

Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
CH:D 59