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Date:      Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:51:38 +0100
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: tripwire and device numbers
Message-ID:  <86ocj3hkth.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <201003041953.o24JrDhi038522@lava.sentex.ca> (Mike Tancsa's message of "Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:53:24 -0500")
References:  <201003041953.o24JrDhi038522@lava.sentex.ca>

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Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> 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 ?

FreeBSD does not have fixed device numbers, they are allocated on the
fly as each device attaches.  I don't know if there is a way around
this.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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