From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 18 10:12:54 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98E0716A4CE for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:12:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from nature.Berkeley.EDU (nature.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.253.219]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D71643FAF for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:12:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gvrdolja@nature.Berkeley.EDU) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nature.Berkeley.EDU (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2506E26135D for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:12:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from nature.Berkeley.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (nature.Berkeley.EDU [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 12578-01 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:12:46 -0800 (PST) Received: by nature.Berkeley.EDU (Postfix, from userid 7458) id 39BD026136B; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:12:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nature.Berkeley.EDU (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DF3926C24D for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:12:45 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:12:45 -0800 (PST) From: Gordon Vrololjak To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at nature.berkeley.edu Subject: updating question X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 18:12:54 -0000 Hello, I'm just starting to play with FreeBSD 5.1. I've set it up, but have a question about security updates. I am more familiar with redhat linux where I check for new rpm's on their update site and then install them using rpm. For BSD, I noticed they have a port collection, which you can update with cvsup. Also they have an errata section on the web where you can download and install security patches. I tried to install the cvs security patch, but after downloading, and following the instructions, it says context diff error... all the error output is below the text of this message. My main question is that I want to run a secure stable system on the internet, running ftp, apache httpd, and some other small apps. What is the method in BSD that I should be using to keep up with the updates/security issues? Thanks for your help. Any advice appreciated. Here is the full text of the error: freebsd# patch < /home/gordon/cvs.patch Hmm... Looks like a new-style context diff to me... The text leading up to this was: -------------------------- |Index: contrib/cvs/src/server.c |=================================================================== |RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/contrib/cvs/src/server.c,v |retrieving revision 1.13.2.2 |diff -c -r1.13.2.2 server.c |*** server.c 28 Oct 2001 21:32:10 -0000 1.13.2.2 |--- server.c 4 Feb 2003 13:16:15 -0000 -------------------------- File to patch: No file found--skip this patch? [n] y Skipping patch... Hunk #1 ignored at 984. Hunk #2 ignored at 999. Hunk #3 ignored at 4738. 3 out of 3 hunks ignored--saving rejects to server.c.rej done \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Gordon Ante Vrdoljak Electron Microscope Lab ICQ 23243541 http://nature.berkeley.edu/~gvrdolja 26 Giannini Hall gvrdolja@nature.berkeley.edu UC Berkeley phone (510) 642-2085 Berkeley CA 94720-3330 fax (510) 643-6207 cell (510) 290-6793