Re: freebsd-security Digest, Vol 184, Issue 2
- From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:22:33 +0100
Quoting Wes Peters <wes@xxxxxxxxxxxx> (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.
-- Winston Churchill
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