Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 09:59:13 -0800 From: Greg Shenaut <greg@bogslab.ucdavis.edu> To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SA-03:04.sendmail Bin Update Message-ID: <200303041759.h24HxDr74160@thistle.bogs.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 04 Mar 2003 08:36:18 CST." <5.2.0.9.2.20030304083444.01b72bd8@mail.servplex.com>
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In message <5.2.0.9.2.20030304083444.01b72bd8@mail.servplex.com>, Peter Elsner cleopede: >Step by step instructions > >ftp sendmail.org >login anonymously >cd pub/sendmail >get sendmail-8.12.8.tar.gz >quit >tar xvzf sendmail-8.12.8.tar.gz >cd sendmail-8.12.8 >./Build >./Build install > >kill -1 (SIGHUP) sendmail > >You're now upgraded.... I found your advice to be inspirational, and I immediately set to work to follow it. However, here are a few things I had to do (some are due to my rather old fbsd version--yes, it's past time to upgrade the kernal--but some may be general): (1) The actual name of the tar file is sendmail.8.12.8.tar.gz (note the period instead of a dash). This was especially annoying because for some reason I couldn't get a remote directory listing with the ftp(1) client. I eventually went in with a web browser & found the typo in the file name. (2) I also have to add the smmsp user & group IDs and change a bunch of directory ownerships & permissions (see the sendmail/SECURITY file in the distribution). (3) I had to copy cf/cf/generic-bsd4.4.cf in to /etc/mail/sendmail.cf . (4) I had to create a /etc/mail/local-host-names file, and mv /etc/aliases into /etc/mail, and run make in /etc/mail . (5) I had previously upgraded to a version of sendmail that put a bunch of links into /usr/local/sbin to a "sendm" program; I had to remove all these so that the new version could actually be seen. (6) NOW it seems to be working. Greg Shenaut To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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