Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2023 09:05:44 -0700 From: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Security Run Output Message-ID: <865yancxbb.fsf@bay.localnet> In-Reply-To: <CAAdA2WNvRSP4w-HZ9x0FJ%2BSD1RhWQuvzJaEYeUmV8X8C-a=ETw@mail.gmail.com> (Odhiambo Washington's message of "Sun, 26 Mar 2023 15:32:57 %2B0300") References: <20230326081128.00005b98@seibercom.net> <CAAdA2WNvRSP4w-HZ9x0FJ%2BSD1RhWQuvzJaEYeUmV8X8C-a=ETw@mail.gmail.com>
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Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> writes: > On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 3:18=E2=80=AFPM Gerard E. Seibert <jerry@seiberco= m.net> > wrote: > >> For quite some time now, I have been receiving a warning message of >> 1025 packages with mismatched checksums in the daily "Security Run >> Output" email. They are all prefixed with "py39-" >> >> I don't want to wast time posting the entire list here, but it is >> available upon request if someone wants it. My question is, how do I >> correct this problem? This is a FreeBSD 13.1-release-p7 machine. >> >> Thanks >> > > <quote> > > pkg check -r or pkg check --recompute recalculates and sets the checksums > of installed packages. This command should only be used when the admi= n- > istrator has made modifications that invalidate a package checksum. > Spontaneous checksum problems can indicate data or security problems. > > </quote> I use that when I change config files for packages, but I have also had files show up in that list when I haven't changed them. Those have been very rare, but I have fixed them by re-installing the packages containing those files. You can use pkg check -s to verify which package is the problem. --=20 Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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