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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


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