On Nov 7, 2006, at 11:22 PM, Alexander Leidinger wrote:

Quoting Wes Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (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).

Yes, but only once, and then forced a change by re-running it. Maybe I just got 'lucky.' Feel free to suggest 'better' tests, or parts to throw out of dmesg.boot before the test.

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           Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?
Wes Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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