Linux Commands
Linux Commands
Verify the rpm package has not been corrupted or tempered with; examine only the md5sum by typing following command.
To verify red had package, you must import the red hat GPG key. To do so, execute the following command on shell prompt.
Command: rpm import /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY 3. To display a list of all keys installed for RPM verification Command: rpm qa gpg-pubkey* For Red Hat the output includes gpg-pubkey-db42a60e-37ea5438 ---- (Key in red hat linux) 4. To display detail about specific key Command: rpm qi gpg-pubkey-db42a60e-37ea5438 5. Verify signature of a package Command: rpm K <rpm-file> 6. Perhaps some files deleted by accident, but you are not sure what deleted. To verify entire system and see what might be missing. Command: rpm Va 7. Find a file owned by a certain package Command: rpm qf /usr/bin/ggv 8. We can combine the above two examples in the following scenario. Say you are having problems with
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/usr/bin/paste. You would like to verify the package that owns that program, but you do not know which package owns paste. Enter the following command Command: rpm -Vf /usr/bin/paste 9. To get information about particular program Command: rpm -qdf /usr/bin/free 10. To find an information of a RPM, what it does Command: rpm -qip crontabs-1.10-7.noarch.rpm 11. To see ehat files a RPM install. For example crontabs RPM Command: rpm -qlp crontabs-1.10-5.noarch.rpm
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