Tech Tip: Determining What's Been Changed on RPM Based Systems

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As a consultant, I am often faced with an unfamiliar Linux system (usually RHEL). I always find it useful to understand which files that shipped with rpm packages have been modified, since it's usually a good indicator of what customizations have been performed on the system.

To determine the modified files, I simply run:

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