From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 4 0:45:49 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55FFF37B401 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 00:45:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D03343F3F for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 00:45:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h248jgDA007165; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 08:45:42 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h248jfuh007163; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 08:45:41 GMT Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 08:45:41 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: Josh Brooks Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail 4.6 fixed binary on 4.5-RELEASE ? Message-ID: <20030304084541.GC6551@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Josh Brooks , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20030303163405.A61214-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030303163405.A61214-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-32.5 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.50 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 04:36:02PM -0800, Josh Brooks wrote: > I am using: > > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-03:04/sendmail-4.6-i386-crypto.bin.gz > > as a binary replacement for my sendmail binaries on my 4.6.x systems. It > is working fine. > > But what if I use this binary replacement on a 4.5-RELEASE system ? > > Has anyone tested or tried this ? I would assume it would work because I > notice many apps moving gracefully between 4.5 and 4.6, but I wonder if > anyone has any official word - or even a prediction ? It's unlikely that there will be any "official" word that the binary patch you're using will work on releases earlier than 4.6. As the upgrade from sendmail-8.11.6 to sendmail-8.12.x and the corresponding fun'n'games due to dropping the SUID bit on sendmail and the import of /etc/rc.sendmail all occurred between release 4.5 and release 4.6 I doubt that it would work entirely smoothly. It's possible that the patched version might work on a 4.5 system, but don't throw away the old sendmail binary until you're sure. It's probable that you will need to: chmod 4755 /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail (Only on 4.5-RELEASE or prior) and you will see complaints in /var/log/maillog about inconsistent versions of sendmail.cf if it does work at all. Alternatively you could either try installing the ports version of sendmail or cvsup'ing to the latest RELENG_4_5 sources and running a {build,install}world. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message