NAME

       chkboot - checks for unwanted modification on unencrypted /boot partition

SYNOPSIS

       chkboot [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

       Checks for any modification to your boot files since last run.

       --update, -u
              Mark changes as valid. Next run of chkboot will not warn about differences.

       --help, -h
              Show this help message and exit.

       chkboot runs at system startup to check for boot files modifications. User will be warn upon login if any
       are found.

       Kernel upgrade are automatically marked as valid.

       Configurations, such as boot partition, can be edited in:
          /etc/default/chkboot

EXAMPLES

       Acknowledge a detected changed after chkboot have displayed a warning:
          chkboot

       Clear valid modifications made by users:
          chkboot -u

SEE ALSO

       • man chkboot-check and man chkboot-desktopalert

BUGS

       • GPT  partitions  are not supported. As chkboot will continue to work, it will not report changes in GPT
         headers (only protective MBR).

AUTHOR

       Ju <ju@heisec.de>, Giancarlo Razzolini <grazzolini@gmail.com>, Chris Warner <inhies@gmail.com> and  Kevin
       MacMartin <prurigro@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT

       GPL-2

1.3                                                2019-04-17                                         CHKBOOT(8)