Ralf Corsepius wrote:
On Sun, 2005-12-11 at 00:20 -0800, Michael A. Peters wrote:
On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 23:37 -0700, Craig White wrote:
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Backing up data directories and reinstalling from scratch is the only
known method to ensure the integrity of a system that has been
compromised.
Sun use to (still does?) allow you to enter an md5sum and it would tell
you exactly what file it matched, along with what patch level.
rpm based systems have "rpm {-V|--verify}", which provide a comparable
feature.
Ralf
A point I overlooked when recommending "rpm -Va" is that there is some
possibility that the RPM database is clobbered.
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Cheers
John
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