How to check what files have been customised in /etc?

[Peter Flynn]

On 13/12/2020 11:11, Chris Green wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 10:08:35AM +0000, David Fletcher wrote:
[...]
>> I always comment my changes with reason, initials and date. Then a
>> search for my initials turns them up.
>>
> That's an excellent idea, I'll do similar from now on.  However I
> still need to find older changes, I guess I can just do a manual
> search and/or add suitable comments as I find them.

Another possibility might be to install the same OS on a spare machine, 
if you have one (or execute from DVD if not) and list the files in /etc, 
then do the same on your machine and compare names, dates, and sizes.

P