MallarJ writes:
> dpkg works fine, except in two cases.
> 1) if you don't use dpkg (some things still come in gzipped packages)
Use alien (or debhelper, if you prefer "real" packages).
> 2) If installation scripts run after dpkg completes do more changes.
File bug reports. No package should ev
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> > > allows admins to prevent users from making incorrect modifications
> > > where they shouldn't be.
Jiri:
> > Why aren't you setting permissions appropriately?
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> This doesn't have anything to with my system, I'm just repoting on what
> tripwire does. I don't have permi
In a message dated 2/6/99 1:52:00 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
> What problem are you trying to solve here? You do realize that dpkg saves
> a md5sum of every conffile it installs, don't you? And that when you
> upgrade the package that dpkg will check the md5sum and, if
jiri writes:
> Actually, a simple version shouldn't be difficult at all - if you start
> with the `find and diff' idea, but put a checksum next to each of the
> files, then you'll have a list of files added, files removed and files
> changed. For the changed files, you compare them with an archive
In a message dated 2/6/99 2:51:14 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
> > allows admins to prevent users from making incorrect modifications where
> > they shouldn't be.
>
> Why aren't you setting permissions appropriately?
>
> Unlike MS DOS / Win, in Linux you can set files
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> allows admins to prevent users from making incorrect modifications where
> they shouldn't be.
Why aren't you setting permissions appropriately?
Unlike MS DOS / Win, in Linux you can set files to be read-only to ordinary
users, or invisible altogether (inaccessible directo
A few days ago I asked about packages that tracked installations of software.
What I was looking for is something that will keep a record of all files
added, deleted, or changed during software installation, and show you what was
changed via a report. Several of you responded with ideas, I thought
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