Have you checked out Tripwire? It's typically used to check config files for changes so I don't know how well it'd handle the whole file system but it's worth a look. <br><br>Brian S.<br><br><br>On Friday, March 23, 2012, James Sumners <<a href="mailto:james.sumners@gmail.com">james.sumners@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I have a situation where I'm being forced to allow a remote installer<br>> to have root level sudo access to install their company's product<br>> (don't like it, but it's out of my hands). Technically, I have the<br>
> system setup such that they should not need such access, but I can't<br>> change the monkey's script. Anyway, I'd like to be able to sort of<br>> "snapshot" my file system before I let them in so that I can go back<br>
> and look at a before and after difference. Do any of you know of such<br>> a tool? Could this be done with rsync?<br>><br>> I've read that LVM supports snapshots at the block level. Seeing as<br>> they are block level snapshots I don't see how that will help me<br>
> figure out what the installer changed. I'd be able to revert the<br>> changes, but not study them.<br>><br>> --<br>> James Sumners<br>> <a href="http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/">http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/</a><br>
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><br><br>-- <br><dt style="font-size:17px;color:rgb(69,69,69);font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The more laws and order are made prominent,<br>The more thieves and robbers there will be.</dt>
<dd style="font-size:15px;margin-top:8px;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:4em;color:rgb(69,69,69);font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Lao-tzu</b>, <i>The Way of Lao-tzu</i><br>
<i>Chinese philosopher (604 BC - 531 BC)</i></dd><br>