Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 10:04:39 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: md5 of a filesystem / verifying filesystem integrity after Message-ID: <20040623100439.5702d9a7.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <200406231342.i5NDg6g18473@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <E1Bd7cM-000NAA-00@post-21.mail.nl.demon.net> <200406231342.i5NDg6g18473@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > Does someone know how to reliably run a checksum of sorts on a filesystem, > > to be able > > > > to verify filesystem integrity after a restore from dump level 0 has > > occurred? <snip the potential problems with dump/md5> Could you use something like tripwire (which does an md5 of each file on the filesystem and stores them in a database for later verification)? I think tripwire only checks executable files, but the approach should work with all files. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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