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On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Florian Philipp <lists@×××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Hi list! |
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> I have a use case where I am seriously concerned about bit rot [1] and I |
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> thought it might be a good idea to start looking for it in my own |
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> private stuff, too. |
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> Solving the problem is easy enough: |
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> - Record checksums and timestamps for each file |
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> - Check and update records via cronjob |
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> - If checksum changed but timestamp didn't, notify user |
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> - Let user restore from backup |
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> However, I haven't found any application in portage for this task. Now, |
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> the implementation is easy enough but I'm wondering why it hasn't been |
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> done. Or do I just look for the wrong thing? The only suitable thing |
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> seems to be app-admin/tripwire but that application also looks like |
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> overkill. |
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Not really what you are asking for, but I think btrfs and zfs have |
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checksumming built-in to the filesystem. I'm not sure what userspace |
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tools are like to monitor this, or if it's just an fsck away. |