Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 10:15:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: wmoran@potentialtech.com (Bill Moran) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: md5 of a filesystem / verifying filesystem integrity after Message-ID: <200406231415.i5NEFgH18613@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040623100439.5702d9a7.wmoran@potentialtech.com> from "Bill Moran" at Jun 23, 2004 10:04:39 AM
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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. But, of course, you still would have to have all the checksums done before the dump was done (or at least before a disk failed or was otherwise smotched) if you wanted to verify a restore. ////jerry > > -- > Bill Moran > Potential Technologies > http://www.potentialtech.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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