Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:22:33 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Wes Peters <wes@opensail.org> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-security Digest, Vol 184, Issue 2 Message-ID: <20061108082233.agry96udb4k0sckk@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <0C344F30-40A1-4B08-A1C7-3F8CD536244D@opensail.org> References: <20061104163000.30D2516A7A6@hub.freebsd.org> <0C344F30-40A1-4B08-A1C7-3F8CD536244D@opensail.org>
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Quoting Wes Peters <wes@opensail.org> (from Tue, 7 Nov 2006 20:19:40 -0800):
> --- /etc/rc.d/dmesg Sat May 6 21:00:26 2006
> +++ dmesg Tue Nov 7 20:17:47 2006
> @@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
> do_dmesg()
> {
> - rm -f ${dmesg_file}
> + mv -f ${dmesg_file} ${dmesg_file}.prev
> ( umask 022 ; /sbin/dmesg $rc_flags > ${dmesg_file} )
> + cmp -s ${dmesg_file} ${dmesg_file}.prev || \
> + logger -p security.warn 'dmesg.boot changed from
> previous boot'
> }
> load_rc_config $name
>
>
> If you like that, I'm willing to discuss it further, and/or commit it
> and let the howling tell if it's a keeper or not. ;^)
Did you try this? I didn't, but I would expect to see this message
_every time_ (because of minor timecounter rate changes).
Bye,
Alexander.
--
In those days he was wiser than he is now -- he used to frequently take
my advice.
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