md5 of a filesystem / verifying filesystem integrity after

[Jerry McAllister]

> 
> Jerry McAllister <jerrymc at clunix.cl.msu.edu> 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?
> 
> <snip the potential problems with dump/md5>
> 
> 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

> 
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