Hi, Now ....I tried to go to /var/log and there I found rpm log files [root@linuxbox123 root]# cd /var/log [root@linuxbox123 log]# ls *rpm* rpmpkgs rpmpkgs.1 rpmpkgs.2 rpmpkgs.3 rpmpkgs.4 [root@linuxbox123 log]# after diffing each file I found the difference of the files / packages that were installed [root@linuxbox123 log]# diff rpmpkgs rpmpkgs.4 212d211 < j2re-1.4.0_03-fcs.i386.rpm 324d322 < mutt-1.4.1-4.i386.rpm [root@linuxbox123 log]# But my question stands as when did the exact change/or installation happen , and what is the significance of numerical extensions .1,.2,.3 in each of the files as I tried to diff rpmpkgs and rpmpkgs.1 , I found no difference :( ( little confused here..) [root@linuxbox123 log]# diff rpmpkgs rpmpkgs.1 [root@linuxbox123 log]# then I simply did long listing and found that 'rpmpkgs' file is the latest file , Should I suppose it or not ? ( Noticing the Date) [root@linuxbox123 log]# ls -l *rpm* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14953 Dec 29 04:03 rpmpkgs -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14953 Dec 25 04:02 rpmpkgs.1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14931 Dec 18 04:03 rpmpkgs.2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14931 Dec 11 04:02 rpmpkgs.3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14904 Dec 4 04:02 rpmpkgs.4 so simply diffing them would have the solution .. What do you say guys ??? Regards, Nikhil. -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mulley, Nikhil Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 7:44 PM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: RE: monitor remote rpm database Hi , Oops Sorry I lately found that rpm does not use gdbm and it uses Berkely Database and stores the file in /var/lib/rpm [root@linuxbox123 root]# cd /var/lib/rpm/ [root@linuxbox123 rpm]# ls Basenames __db.001 __db.003 Filemd5s Installtid Packages Provideversion Requirename Sha1header Triggername Conflictname __db.002 Dirnames Group Name Providename Pubkeys Requireversion Sigmd5 [root@linuxbox123 rpm]# cd Packages bash: cd: Packages: Not a directory [root@linuxbox123 rpm]# ls Basenames __db.001 __db.003 Filemd5s Installtid Packages Provideversion Requirename Sha1header Triggername Conflictname __db.002 Dirnames Group Name Providename Pubkeys Requireversion Sigmd5 [root@linuxbox123 rpm]# file Packages Packages: Berkeley DB (Hash, version 8, native byte-order) [root@linuxbox123 rpm]# pwd /var/lib/rpm [root@linuxbox123 rpm]# Can anybody please tell me , if so , what could be the keys to read these files :-?? -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mulley, Nikhil Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 7:36 PM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: monitor remote rpm database Hi All , Happy Holidays :) I want to know how can I monitor remote machines rpm database , so that when ever a user on that machine installs a new rpm on the system, thinking that I have root access to the remote machine . when I tried to search in install.log which is in /root directory , it is created only when te distribution is installed and thereby not updated , Where is the path of the rpm database (gdbm) files that rpm maintains and how do I read them ( what could be the keys to read the gdbm files) and from them generate the reports and send a mail to root or a groupmail. Regards, Nikhil. °v° /(_)\ ^ ^ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
