Brian Almeida wrote:
> On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 02:17:04PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
> > it's worth noting that Jim Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is working on a
> > standalone auditing tool for debian. The basic idea is that it compares an
> > actual .deb file with what's installed on the system and fla
On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 02:17:04PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
> it's worth noting that Jim Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is working on a
> standalone auditing tool for debian. The basic idea is that it compares an
> actual .deb file with what's installed on the system and flags differences.
> It'll requi
it's worth noting that Jim Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is working on a
standalone auditing tool for debian. The basic idea is that it compares an
actual .deb file with what's installed on the system and flags differences.
It'll require that copies be kept of all installed deb's though, so it may
onl
Hi,
>>"Peter" == Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Peter> Then why do we half do it already?
I don't. I do not think anyone should. However, I am williong
not to micromanage other developers.
Peter> Is there another reason? (I'm not talking `secure', I'm talking
Peter>
Hi,
>>"Piotr" == Piotr Roszatycki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> a) It really provides no security.
Piotr> It is not for *this* security reason (crackers, hackers and
Piotr> others)
Good. So on this we agree.
>> b) It would bloat the packaging system, when it does not really solve
Hi,
>>"Peter" == Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Peter> I agree. I didn't second the proposal because I thought it helped
Peter> security, I seconded the proposal because it helps to find
Peter> corrupted file after a system crash.
A simple script with find and md5sum an
Hi,
>>"Conrad" == Conrad Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Also, one does not want the *.0 files that lgorotate creates,
so the expression gets more complex. (a.log, a.log.0, a.log.1.gz,
etc)
Conrad> (bash)
Conrad> shopt -s extglob
__> shopt -s extglob
bash: shopt: extglob:
Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> See, Piotr. We all agree with you that it would be great if we had a
> reliable and secure tool to verify the system integrity.
>
> The real problem is that your proposal did nothing to get us closer to this
> goal. Putting md5sums in the package file is probably not th
Hi,
On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 05:23:20PM +0200, Piotr Roszatycki wrote:
>
> A few weeks ago I had a system crash. I had to check which packages was
> broken. I had to do this _quickly_ and _easly_.
> I lost a lot of time because I had to do it manually - a lot of packages
> didn't have md5sums che
Piotr Roszatycki wrote:
> > a) It really provides no security.
> It is not for *this* security reason (crackers, hackers and others)
>
[...]
>
> A few weeks ago I had a system crash. I had to check which packages was
> broken. I had to do this _quickly_ and _easly_.
> I lost a lot of time bec
* JH => Joey Hess
JH> Let me know if you're finding these useful.
Very useful indeed, thank you.
I'm unsure about how to second formal proposal, I hope this message
will suffice.
JH> Bug:
JH> Title: Patented software == non-free?
JH> Posted: 10 May 99
JH> Proposer: Joseph Carter
JH> Seconde
> I have a different memory of events. This proposal was brought
> up on this list, and was shot down because
> a) It really provides no security.
It is not for *this* security reason (crackers, hackers and others)
> b) It would bloat the packaging system, when it does not really
Thanks for the globbing tips.
On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 10:54:26AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote:
> (of course, this will be interesting when it comes to wtmp...)
This is my point again, not everything in /var/log is an asci file -
even excluding *.gz ...
--
Robert Collier
Hi,
>>"Christoph" == Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Christoph> We have tried to get dpkg to do md5sums since over 3 years
Christoph> now.
We? The policy group has in the past rejected this proposal
(it did come up for inclusion in policy a while ago).
Christoph> Given
On Wed, May 19, 1999 at 12:20:21AM +1000, Conrad Parker wrote:
> On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 02:50:22PM +0100, Robert Collier wrote:
> > ie. tail all logfiles, until shell expansion allows me to tail
> > everything except *.gz haveing a common extension is usefull.
>
> (bash)
>
> shopt -s ext
On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 02:50:22PM +0100, Robert Collier wrote:
> On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 03:12:07PM +0200, Paul Slootman wrote:
>
> > I find the ".log" extension redundant here. After all, it's a
> > log directory, right? It's like having /bin/ls.bin ... Reminds me
> > of .exe extensions too muc
On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 03:12:07PM +0200, Paul Slootman wrote:
> I find the ".log" extension redundant here. After all, it's a
> log directory, right? It's like having /bin/ls.bin ... Reminds me
> of .exe extensions too much.
But, it is very usefull in that it allows one to do:
cd /var/
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Joseph Carter wrote:
> > Maybe I'm missing something here (it wouldn't be the first time), but I
> > believe wichert said the changes in the non-us archive (ie, that non-us
> > is now a section of main, whether the archive happens to be on pandora or
> > on
Sorry to be so very late on this...
On Wed 28 Apr 1999, Balazs Scheidler wrote:
>
> Log files should usually be named `/var/log/.log'. If you
I find the ".log" extension redundant here. After all, it's a
log directory, right? It's like having /bin/ls.bin ... Reminds me
of .exe extensions t
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We have tried to get dpkg to do md5sums since over 3 years now. Given the
inertia of the product we have no choice but to continue using what we
have. I introduced md5sums only after it became clear that dpkg was an
essentially deadbeat package and there was persistent demand for such a
feature. Pl
Hi,
Oh, I agree. I woul;d welcome any project to provide a free
replacement for tripwire. Perhaps I shaould have said a tripwire
_like_ package should be the way to go.
manoj
>>"Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Marcus> I second your motion in general (t
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