From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 25 19:43:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 237AE106567D; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:43:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maxim@macomnet.ru) Received: from mp2.macomnet.net (cl-2958.ham-01.de.sixxs.net [IPv6:2001:6f8:900:b8d::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94A658FC2F; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:43:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maxim@macomnet.ru) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mp2.macomnet.net (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m9PJh5rK021673; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:43:05 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from maxim@macomnet.ru) Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:43:05 +0400 (MSD) From: Maxim Konovalov To: Ceri Davies In-Reply-To: <20081025191656.GB5855@submonkey.net> Message-ID: <20081025234159.G17979@mp2.macomnet.net> References: <200810251845.m9PIjesE048003@svn.freebsd.org> <20081025191656.GB5855@submonkey.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, Ed Schouten Subject: Re: svn commit: r184265 - head/etc/periodic/security X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:43:07 -0000 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