Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 01:18:49 -0600 From: Bryan Cassidy <b_cassidy@bellsouth.net> To: Kevin McKay <kevin@dhapdigital.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Security question Message-ID: <20031120011849.644d36fb.b_cassidy@bellsouth.net> In-Reply-To: <3FBBA719.5010404@dhap.com> References: <000801c3ae5b$44595cf0$0599a440@linuxops.com> <44fzgk4egj.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <3FBBA719.5010404@dhap.com>
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I don't know anything about using sysinstall for security patches/upgrades etc. WHat your looking for I think is cvsup. Please read the handbook on Using CVSUP to get the latests source updates, security patches for your release and even updating to a different RELEASE or -CURRENT or -STABLE. On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 09:23:37 -0800 Kevin McKay <kevin@dhapdigital.com> wrote: > So it will not just grab the latest patched binaries for 5.1? I am not > > sure I understand. Is it just for updating between releases and not > for keeping the current release up to date? > > Kevin > > Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > >"Kevin McKay" <kevin@dhap.com> writes: > > > > > > > >>I have read through the documentation but have not been able to find > >>a definite answer. I am running a pretty core install of 5.1 minimal > >>+ bind9, postfix, apache, ssh, no ports collection. Here is my > >>question. When I run the binary update from sysinstall will that > >>take care of the earlier ssh vulnerability and update apache postfix > >>and bind to the most current version? > >> > >> > > > >You normally need to run the sysinstall from the version you're > >updating to. You could configure your system's sysinstall to load in > >the later version, and it should be compatible, but I don't know the > >syntax for that offhand... > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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