Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:55:39 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tripwire and device numbers Message-ID: <3402.1267736139@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:53:24 EST." <201003041953.o24JrDhi038522@lava.sentex.ca>
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In message <201003041953.o24JrDhi038522@lava.sentex.ca>, Mike Tancsa writes: >While getting a box ready for deployment, I noticed on two occasions, >I would get some exception reports flagging all files as the >underlying device number through reboots had changed. Is this >"normal" for Tripwire and FreeBSD ? (RELENG_7) Yes, device numbers in freebsd carry no meaning, unless it is a compat /dev directory to boot ancient systems (SunOS, very old FreeBSD etc) diskless. In general, tripwire should ignore devfs and possibly all pseudo-fs mount-points. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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