From owner-freebsd-security Wed Jul 25 18:17:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.netc.pt (smtp2.netc.pt [212.18.160.142]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1196137B401 for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2001 18:17:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from admin@pt-quorum.com) Received: from gateway.bogus (p082-237.netc.pt) by smtp2.netc.pt (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.05.24.18.28.p7) with ESMTP id <0GH200I8L3KDSE@smtp2.netc.pt>; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 02:17:03 +0100 (WET DST) Received: by gateway.bogus (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 015B87C80; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 02:18:26 +0100 (WEST) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 02:18:26 +0100 From: Nuno Teixeira Subject: Re: Updating security fixes without single user mode? In-reply-to: <24133.996109511@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>; from sheldonh@starjuice.net on Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 03:05:11AM +0200 To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Message-id: <20010726021826.I5227@gateway.bogus> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-disposition: inline Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE References: <20010726015730.F5227@gateway.bogus> <24133.996109511@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 03:05:11AM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 01:57:30 +0100, Nuno Teixeira wrote: > > > What is the best way of maintain the system updated without single user mode? > > > > Patches? Packages? > > Intelligent application of patches and careful rebuilding of affected > binaries. This requires quite a good understanding of how the FreeBSD > build fits together. You can get away with reading the advisories > carefully. > > Should you ever need a patch that involves a change to the kernel, your > SOL. You can do the installkernel, installworld and mergemaster in > multiuser mode and hope for the best (as many people do) when you > reboot. > > However, kernel changes on a release security branch are expected to be > infrequent. > > Ciao, > Sheldon. Hi, Just one more question: Tracking RELEASE_4_3 include fixing for all problems listed in " http://www.freebsd.org/security/index.html#adv "? Thanks, -- -- Nuno Teixeira Dir. Técnico pt-quorum.com -- PGP Public Key: http://www.pt-quorum.com/pgp/nunoteixeira.asc Key fingerprint: 8C2C B364 D4DC 0C92 56F5 CE6F 8F07 720A 63A0 4FC7 -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message