On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, mnikhil m wrote: > 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. You may want to look into Dconf http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/dconf/ and change the default config file to only include the RPM database output (if that is what you're only interested in). Kind regards, -- dag wieers, dag@xxxxxxxxxx, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power]
