Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 12:03:01 -0700 From: "Kory Hamzeh" <kory@avatar.com> To: "Trevin Chow" <tmchow@sfu.ca>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Questions about upgrade Sendmail Message-ID: <006801c130bd$399801e0$14ce21c7@avatar.com> In-Reply-To: <20010829113710.B78346-100000@benny.geektank.org>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Trevin Chow > > I recently came across the security alert for Sendmail at > http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2001/08/27/insecurities.html. > > 1) How do I tell which version of sendmail I'm running? I've done a > quick scan of the dang man page, and tried "-v" and "--version" with no > luck. This always works: "telnet localhost 25". Then type CTRL-} and type "close" to exist the telnet session. > 2) Since sendmail is integrated in the freebsd install and located at > /usr/sbin/sendmail, what's the procedure for upgrading it to 8.11.6 out of > the ports tree? I just want to basically "replace" the currently installed > version. I've always grabbed the version I've wanted from www.sendmail.org and compiled it in a private directory. Then I copied sendmail to /usr/sbin/senmail. Make sure you keep a backup copy of sendmail and its config files. Also, "make install" may work, I don't remember off-hand. Kory To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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