Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:43:05 +0400 (MSD) From: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, Ed Schouten <ed@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: svn commit: r184265 - head/etc/periodic/security Message-ID: <20081025234159.G17979@mp2.macomnet.net> In-Reply-To: <20081025191656.GB5855@submonkey.net> References: <200810251845.m9PIjesE048003@svn.freebsd.org> <20081025191656.GB5855@submonkey.net>
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On Sat, 25 Oct 2008, 20:16+0100, Ceri Davies wrote: > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 06:45:40PM +0000, Ed Schouten wrote: > > Author: ed > > Date: Sat Oct 25 18:45:40 2008 > > New Revision: 184265 > > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/184265 > > > > Log: > > Sort `mount -p' output by name before checking for any differences. > > > > I noticed on a system at home that restarting named(8) causes the > > /var/named/dev mount to be moved to the bottom of the mount list, > > because it gets remounted. When I received the daily security email this > > morning, I was quite amazed to see that the security report listed the > > differences, while it was nothing out of the ordinary. > > > > If we just throw the `mount -p' output through sort(1), we'll only > > receive notifications about changes to mounts if something has really > > changed. > > Hmm. I've always found it useful to know that the mount list has > changed, so that I can work out if I did anything to cause it to > happen or not - if not, I have something to worry about. I want to > see this every time. > Seconded. From the sysadmin point of view it's better to be on the safe side. -- Maxim Konovalov
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