How to check what files have been customised in /etc?

Sun Dec 13 13:16:56 UTC 2020

On Sun, 2020-12-13 at 12:16 +0000, Peter Flynn wrote:
> Another possibility might be to install the same OS on a spare
> machine, if you have one (or execute from DVD if not) and list the
> files in /etc, then do the same on your machine and compare names,
> dates, and sizes.

A program that is designed to find differences across your entire
system is tripwire. It's a bit late to use it now in your (OP's) case,
but if you set up tripwire on a clean system, it does an excellent job
of detecting changes from then on.

Regards, K.

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