[8749] in bugtraq
Re: Verifying file data integrity using L6
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc SCHAEFER)
Sun Dec 20 18:40:55 1998
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 23:33:37 +0100
Reply-To: Bugtraq List <BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG>
From: Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@ALPHANET.CH>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: <75jlfu$lk3$1@vulcan.alphanet.ch>
In article <75jlfu$lk3$1@vulcan.alphanet.ch> you wrote:
> This seems to be something that a good backup/archive system[1] ought
> to be recording whilst it backs up files, so that one could simply run
> a check of all files on a system against those in the database.
tar has a compare option, comparing filestamps, size and md5.
rpm has a verify option
cpio has a CRC option.
tar can be used with Amanda backup.
