Hi all,
Can anyone explain this to me? (CentOS 4/5)
# rpm -qf /etc/exports setup # rpm -V setup S.5....T c /etc/bashrc S.5....T c /etc/printcap ..?..... c /etc/securetty # echo '#### foo' > /etc/exports # cat /etc/exports #### foo # rpm -V setup S.5....T c /etc/bashrc S.5....T c /etc/printcap ..?..... c /etc/securetty
I thought verify was supposed to check every file in the package?
Cheers, Gavin
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008, Gavin Carr wrote:
Hi all,
Can anyone explain this to me? (CentOS 4/5)
# rpm -qf /etc/exports setup # rpm -V setup S.5....T c /etc/bashrc S.5....T c /etc/printcap ..?..... c /etc/securetty # echo '#### foo' > /etc/exports # cat /etc/exports #### foo # rpm -V setup S.5....T c /etc/bashrc S.5....T c /etc/printcap ..?..... c /etc/securetty
I thought verify was supposed to check every file in the package?
It does, only displaying changes. The ones with ? are most likely zero length.
The ``c'' characters in the middle indicate configuration files, and changes are often normal.
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On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 08:55:16PM -0700, Bill Campbell wrote:
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008, Gavin Carr wrote:
Can anyone explain this to me? (CentOS 4/5)
# rpm -qf /etc/exports setup # rpm -V setup S.5....T c /etc/bashrc S.5....T c /etc/printcap ..?..... c /etc/securetty # echo '#### foo' > /etc/exports # cat /etc/exports #### foo # rpm -V setup S.5....T c /etc/bashrc S.5....T c /etc/printcap ..?..... c /etc/securetty
I thought verify was supposed to check every file in the package?
It does, only displaying changes. The ones with ? are most likely zero length.
The ``c'' characters in the middle indicate configuration files, and changes are often normal.
Yes, but my point is I just changed /etc/exports, and yet it doesn't show up in the rpm -V.
Cheers, Gavin
On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 14:48 +1100, Gavin Carr wrote:
Can anyone explain this to me? (CentOS 4/5)
# rpm -qf /etc/exports setup # rpm -V setup S.5....T c /etc/bashrc S.5....T c /etc/printcap ..?..... c /etc/securetty # echo '#### foo' > /etc/exports # cat /etc/exports #### foo # rpm -V setup S.5....T c /etc/bashrc S.5....T c /etc/printcap ..?..... c /etc/securetty
I thought verify was supposed to check every file in the package?
From the spec file:
%verify(not md5 size mtime) %config(noreplace) /etc/exports
rpm has been explicitly told to *not* check certain traits.
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:08:50AM -0400, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 14:48 +1100, Gavin Carr wrote:
Can anyone explain this to me? (CentOS 4/5)
# rpm -qf /etc/exports setup # rpm -V setup S.5....T c /etc/bashrc S.5....T c /etc/printcap ..?..... c /etc/securetty # echo '#### foo' > /etc/exports # cat /etc/exports #### foo # rpm -V setup S.5....T c /etc/bashrc S.5....T c /etc/printcap ..?..... c /etc/securetty
I thought verify was supposed to check every file in the package?
From the spec file:
%verify(not md5 size mtime) %config(noreplace) /etc/exports
rpm has been explicitly told to *not* check certain traits.
Ah, very cool, thanks. Any pointers to why one would do this?
Cheers, Gavin
On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 16:32 +1100, Gavin Carr wrote:
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:08:50AM -0400, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 14:48 +1100, Gavin Carr wrote:
Can anyone explain this to me? (CentOS 4/5)
# rpm -qf /etc/exports setup # rpm -V setup S.5....T c /etc/bashrc S.5....T c /etc/printcap ..?..... c /etc/securetty # echo '#### foo' > /etc/exports # cat /etc/exports #### foo # rpm -V setup S.5....T c /etc/bashrc S.5....T c /etc/printcap ..?..... c /etc/securetty
I thought verify was supposed to check every file in the package?
From the spec file:
%verify(not md5 size mtime) %config(noreplace) /etc/exports
rpm has been explicitly told to *not* check certain traits.
Ah, very cool, thanks. Any pointers to why one would do this?
Verifying against a stock /etc/bashrc is useful, since it influences system behavior. Verifying against a stock /etc/exports is not, beyond who owns the file and what permissions it has.
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 01:41:39AM -0400, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
I thought verify was supposed to check every file in the package?
From the spec file:
%verify(not md5 size mtime) %config(noreplace) /etc/exports
rpm has been explicitly told to *not* check certain traits.
Ah, very cool, thanks. Any pointers to why one would do this?
Verifying against a stock /etc/bashrc is useful, since it influences system behavior. Verifying against a stock /etc/exports is not, beyond who owns the file and what permissions it has.
Thanks Ignacio. I guess that makes sense, for certain values of 'verify'.
I'm trying to use this for backup though, so I really _want_ to know if the md5sum has changed. Anyone know of some kind of undocumented --forcefiles option to rpm -V, or am I going to by rolling it myself via --dump?
Cheers, Gavin
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