What am I missing here? I'm finding that /bin/bash is identical in every way (size, date stamp, version) on two identical systems except for the MD5 checksum. How is this possible?
=== SYSTEM A === $ md5sum /bin/bash 9df8e0f4872774dfe2005f063af32748 /bin/bash === SYSTEM B === $ md5sum /bin/bash 0060bf6cde9eb7f726ce18b5c150620b /bin/bash === SYSTEM A === $ md5sum /bin/bash 9df8e0f4872774dfe2005f063af32748 /bin/bash $ rpm -qf /bin/bash bash-3.2-24.el5 $ /bin/bash --version GNU bash, version 3.2.25(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. $ ls -l /bin/bash -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 801512 Oct 21 2008 /bin/bash $ md5sum --version md5sum (GNU coreutils) 5.97 Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Ulrich Drepper, Scott Miller, and David Madore. $ lsb_release -a LSB Version: :core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.1-amd64:graphics-3.1-ia32:graphics-3.1-noarch Distributor ID: RedHatEnterpriseServer Description: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Tikanga) Release: 5.5 Codename: Tikanga $ === SYSTEM B === $ md5sum /bin/bash 0060bf6cde9eb7f726ce18b5c150620b /bin/bash $ rpm -qf /bin/bash bash-3.2-24.el5 $ /bin/bash --version GNU bash, version 3.2.25(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. $ ls -l /bin/bash -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 801512 Oct 21 2008 /bin/bash $ md5sum --version md5sum (GNU coreutils) 5.97 Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Ulrich Drepper, Scott Miller, and David Madore. $ lsb_release -a LSB Version: :core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.1-amd64:graphics-3.1-ia32:graphics-3.1-noarch Distributor ID: RedHatEnterpriseServer Description: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Tikanga) Release: 5.5 Codename: Tikanga $ -- redhat-sysadmin-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-sysadmin-list
