[ale] Diff the whole file system?

[Jim Kinney]

Look for a tool called rootshell. It's like a full session recorder history
tool with remote archival ability. Set it up as roots shell on sudo and
logout on closing rootshell.
On Mar 23, 2012 9:15 AM, "James Sumners" <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a situation where I'm being forced to allow a remote installer
> to have root level sudo access to install their company's product
> (don't like it, but it's out of my hands). Technically, I have the
> system setup such that they should not need such access, but I can't
> change the monkey's script. Anyway, I'd like to be able to sort of
> "snapshot" my file system before I let them in so that I can go back
> and look at a before and after difference. Do any of you know of such
> a tool? Could this be done with rsync?
>
> I've read that LVM supports snapshots at the block level. Seeing as
> they are block level snapshots I don't see how that will help me
> figure out what the installer changed. I'd be able to revert the
> changes, but not study them.
>
> --
> James Sumners
> http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/
>
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