When a new node is added to the cluster by scaling up machineset, File integrity operator marks newly added node as Failed due to linkcount changed for directory /hostroot/etc/kubernetes 
% oc extract cm/aide-example-fileintegrity-ip-10-0-18-98.us-east-2.compute.internal-failed --confirm
integritylog
% cat  integritylog 
Start timestamp: 2024-10-31 02:53:32 +0000 (AIDE 0.16)
AIDE found differences between database and filesystem!!


Summary:
  Total number of entries:	37226
  Added entries:		0
  Removed entries:		0
  Changed entries:		1


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Changed entries:
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d   ...    n ... : /hostroot/etc/kubernetes


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Detailed information about changes:
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Directory: /hostroot/etc/kubernetes
  Linkcount: 6                                | 7




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The attributes of the (uncompressed) database(s):
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/hostroot/etc/kubernetes/aide.db.gz
  MD5      : gYX2bkEotFd/gecHh28uHQ==
  SHA1     : /2xI6IryIr3UkMJjqHuezVvKAeY=
  RMD160   : vIsnw/3ObzH5RfF3+THTjysn71o=
  TIGER    : TP4etHkh6KP+tXY3pfv34+uOkNlDGeUk
  SHA256   : EpLS1o9SkaBTZ7QfCFbz2/vHXJ6n0ly2
             ylolQHeymH0=
  SHA512   : +n5Uz9vtkYGtu0i3gWgadlLqEGeijP8/
             agByvqeb5NBV0S43y34slHb4Bq0fw61B
             tOLijIBS0COe55lHNXuTeQ==




End timestamp: 2024-10-31 02:53:55 +0000 (run time: 0m 23s)    

4.17.0-0.nightly-2024-07-01-221530 + file-integrity-operator.v1.3.4    

Always    

    1. Install FIOv1.3.4
    2. Create a Fileintegrity     
    3. Scaleup nodes
    4. Check the fileintegritynodestatus for newly add nodes      

File integrity operator marks newly added node as Failed due to linkcount changed for directory /hostroot/etc/kubernetes    

File integrity operator should mark newly added node as Succeeded