Hi, Now ....I tried to go to /var/log and there I found rpm log files [root@linuxbox123 root]# cd /var/log [root@linuxbox123 log]# ls *rpm* rpmpkgs rpmpkgs.1 rpmpkgs.2 rpmpkgs.3 rpmpkgs.4 [root@linuxbox123 log]# after diffing each file I found the difference of the files / packages that were installed [root@linuxbox123 log]# diff rpmpkgs rpmpkgs.4 212d211 < j2re-1.4.0_03-fcs.i386.rpm 324d322 < mutt-1.4.1-4.i386.rpm [root@linuxbox123 log]# But my question stands as when did the exact change/or installation happen , and what is the significance of numerical extensions .1,.2,.3 in each of the files as I tried to diff rpmpkgs and rpmpkgs.1 , I found no difference :( ( little confused here..) [root@linuxbox123 log]# diff rpmpkgs rpmpkgs.1 [root@linuxbox123 log]# then I simply did long listing and found that 'rpmpkgs' file is the latest file , Should I suppose it or not ? ( Noticing the Date) [root@linuxbox123 log]# ls -l *rpm* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14953 Dec 29 04:03 rpmpkgs -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14953 Dec 25 04:02 rpmpkgs.1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14931 Dec 18 04:03 rpmpkgs.2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14931 Dec 11 04:02 rpmpkgs.3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14904 Dec 4 04:02 rpmpkgs.4 so simply diffing them would have the solution .. What do you say guys ??? Regards, Nikhil. On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:58:16 +0530, mnikhil m <mnikhil.juno@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi , > Oops Sorry I lately found that rpm does not use gdbm and it uses > Berkely Database > and stores the file in /var/lib/rpm > > [root@linuxbox123 root]# cd /var/lib/rpm/ > [root@linuxbox123 rpm]# ls > Basenames __db.001 __db.003 Filemd5s Installtid Packages > Provideversion Requirename Sha1header Triggername > Conflictname __db.002 Dirnames Group Name Providename > Pubkeys Requireversion Sigmd5 > [root@linuxbox123 rpm]# cd Packages > bash: cd: Packages: Not a directory > [root@linuxbox123 rpm]# ls > Basenames __db.001 __db.003 Filemd5s Installtid Packages > Provideversion Requirename Sha1header Triggername > Conflictname __db.002 Dirnames Group Name Providename > Pubkeys Requireversion Sigmd5 > [root@linuxbox123 rpm]# file Packages > Packages: Berkeley DB (Hash, version 8, native byte-order) > [root@linuxbox123 rpm]# pwd > /var/lib/rpm > [root@linuxbox123 rpm]# > > Can anybody please tell me , if so , what could be the keys to read > these files :-?? > > > On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:40:01 +0530, mnikhil m <mnikhil.juno@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi All , > > Happy Holidays :) > > > > I want to know how can I monitor remote machines rpm database , so > > that when ever a user on that machine installs a new rpm on the > > system, thinking that I have root access to the remote machine . > > when I tried to search in install.log which is in /root directory , it > > is created only when te distribution is installed and thereby not > > updated , > > Where is the path of the rpm database (gdbm) files that rpm maintains > > and how do I read them ( what could be the keys to read the gdbm > > files) and from them generate the reports and send a mail to root or a > > groupmail. > > > > Regards, > > Nikhil. > > °v° > > /(_)\ > > ^ ^ > > >
