Applying security patches to FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE
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Where can I find the procedure for applying the security patches? I can't see anything resembling an idiot's guide at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html. Bearing in mind that I've just installed FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE from the ISO, are there patches I need to apply?
Where can I find the procedure for applying the security patches? I can't see anything resembling an idiot's guide at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html. Bearing in mind that I've just installed FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE from the ISO, are there patches I need to apply?
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1) No not ensserarily, but read the patch intructions
2) Hmmzz.. no idea how...
3) No, if .. the system usealy warns or gives an error
2) Hmmzz.. no idea how...
3) No, if .. the system usealy warns or gives an error
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Trust gheist he has far more experience than me! :o)
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Excellent post, gheist ... Many thanks :-)
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FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE released.
FreeBSD-SA-03:15.openssh.a
FreeBSD-SA-03:18.openssl.a
FreeBSD-SA-03:17.procfs.as
FreeBSD-SA-03:16.filedesc.
FreeBSD-SA-03:14.arp.asc
FreeBSD-SA-03:13.sendmail.
FreeBSD-SA-03:12.openssh.a
FreeBSD-SA-03:11.sendmail.
FreeBSD-SA-03:10.ibcs2.asc
FreeBSD-SA-03:09.signal.as
FreeBSD-SA-03:08.realpath.
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Three questions:
(1) Do I need to patch in chronological order?
(2) Is there a way to find out which patches have already been applied?
(3) Does it *harm* to re-apply a patch, which has already been applied?