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Subject: Re: tripwire and device numbers
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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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