Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 04:51:41 -0500 From: Ben WIlliams <williamsl@Home.Com> To: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: David Greenman <dg@root.com> Subject: Re[2]: Fwd: core security check output Message-ID: <7202.000104@Home.Com> In-Reply-To: <200001040812.AAA29276@implode.root.com> References: <200001040812.AAA29276@implode.root.com>
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Tuesday, January 04, 2000
Rare, eh? This is actually the second time this has happened on
this box. Last time was 5 days prior but I've searched my 'security
check' archives for this box and don't see any others in the past six
months. What triggers this bug?
Tuesday, January 04, 2000, 3:12:06 AM, you wrote:
>> Below is a copy of the security check output from one of the
>>machines I remotely administer. What would cause the timestamp on
>>/usr/bin/uptime & /usr/bin/w to change on a 2.2.5-RELEASE machine? The
>>file sizes haven't changed and they both still do what I expect them
>>to do.
DG> There is a rare kernel bug that sometimes results in the system thinking
DG> that a page has been modified when it has not. The only way you can be certain
DG> is to cksum the installed version with the original that it was built from.
DG> -DG
DG> David Greenman
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