Determining which config files I have modified?

[Marius Gedminas]

On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 04:20:20PM +0100, Adam Funk wrote:
> On 2007-08-06, Felipe Figueiredo wrote:
> 
> > On Monday 06 August 2007 06:54:30 Adam Funk wrote:
> >> Is there any semi-automatic way to determine which config files
> >> (especially in /etc/) on my system I have modified from the packaged
> >> versions?
> >
> > maybe you could use a IDS like tripwire?
> 
> I already use aide, but I don't keep the old reports or databases
> indefinitely (my current aide.db reflects my customizations up to last
> night, for example).
> 
> I was hoping for some sort of apt-based trick to go through packages
> comparing checksums in the packages with those of the files on disk.

That's exactly what debsums does.  Caveats:

  * you have to explicitly ask debsums to list changes in configuration
    files

  * not all packages come with MD5SUMS files, so you may want to install
    the apt hook described in the debsums manual page to generate those

Personally I've acquired a habit of always creating a copy named *.orig
before I modify any config file.  This way I can easily see the changed
I've made.

Marius Gedminas
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