>
> Right now we use a shell script to gather information about date, file
> size, uid, gid and permission. We run teh script on the server and on
> the restored replica. We filter both lists with a python script and
> parses the through diff to see how much they differ.
>
> This is very time consuming as you have to restore a complete server
> each time. I have another idea to a script which could be run
> from cron:
>
There are a a number of IDS (intrusion detection systems) that gathers the
same info, but at the inode level, already optimized for speed. I settled
on 'integrit', after fiddling with 'aide' for a month or so. 'tripwire'
isn't an option for this shop. integrit already has the ability to compare
two logs, remember to filter out inode changes...
Maybe an option for md5sum'ing each partition's tape stream to be stored in
curinfo?
-dan
