dpkg-verify.8

.TH dpkg-verify 8 "Release 1.0" "LLNL" "dpkg-verify"
.SH NAME
dpkg-verify \- verify installed package integrity
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dpkg-verify
.I "[--md5sums] [package-glob] ..."
.br
.B dpkg-verify 
.I "--unpackaged"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B dpkg-verify
is part of dpkg-scripts, a collection of utilities for building
/usr/local-based deb packages.
.LP
.B dpkg-verify
verifies installed files against package metadata to detect modification
or corruption since installation.
This includes checking that all files are still installed,
verification of files against their md5sums
(with the \fI--md5sums\fR option), and 
verification of symbolic link targets.  
Changes detected in files designated config files are not reported.
.LP
In addition, the following problems are flagged:
dangling symbolic links,
files/directories with owner:group other than root:root 
(or owner:owner if /usr/local is privately owned),
files/directories with modes that grant too restrictive access to other/group,
and files/directories with modes that grant too permissive access to 
other/group.
.LP
If no packages are listed on the command line, all installed packages 
are verified.
.LP
The following options are supported by \fBdpkg-verify\fR:
.TP
\fI-u\fR, \fI--unpackaged\fR
Report unpackaged files in /usr/local, omitting the directories 
/usr/local/dpkg-db and /usr/local/var.
.TP
\fI-m\fR, \fI--md5sums\fR
Verify each file against its md5sum.  Since this requires that every file
be read, this can be time consuming.
.SH SEE ALSO
dpkg(1)