From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 23 14:16:10 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61FD616A4CE for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:16:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F039A43D2D for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:16:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id i5NEFgH18613; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 10:15:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200406231415.i5NEFgH18613@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: wmoran@potentialtech.com (Bill Moran) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 10:15:41 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20040623100439.5702d9a7.wmoran@potentialtech.com> from "Bill Moran" at Jun 23, 2004 10:04:39 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: md5 of a filesystem / verifying filesystem integrity after X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:16:10 -0000 > > Jerry McAllister 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? > > > > 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" >