Ah, thanks so much! I wasn't aware of 'debsums'. Not having checked
it out yet, it sounds like what I am inquiring about. I'm installing
it now. I'm more interested in the corruption case than the hacker one
so I believe debsums is the answer. Thanks to both of you for imputs.
Paul
->>In re
"Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Many files within many debian packages _do_ have MD5 sums. The
> debsums package allows you to validate installed files against an
> md5sum database. Think through what it is you're trusting when you
> do this.
I've found debsums very useful in re
on Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 04:20:40PM -0700, Paul Yeatman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hi, just curious if anyone knows how to "verify" a package with
> Debian. This has proved to be useful with some Red Hat machines I
> administer ("rpm {-V|--verify} "). Such a command will
> check that all the fil
Hi, just curious if anyone knows how to "verify" a package with
Debian. This has proved to be useful with some Red Hat machines I
administer ("rpm {-V|--verify} "). Such a command will
check that all the files and their attributes are as expected for that
package. I've check the manual page for
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