Re: [PLUG] Rpm Headaches

[Jesse Schultz <schultj@netaxs.com>]

Jon Nelson wrote:
> Not sure what the problem is but you could use up2date --nox which should
> figure out the dependency problems for you and update the packages, but I'm
> not sure if the came out with the SSH update yet.


Tried this and it still kept insisting on trying to start X which it 
could not since it was a remote SSH connection.

Found the dependencies though:  needed about 6 files from the previous 
apache upgrade for apache.

Needed the glibc upgrade (like 50 meg) to do the ssh upgrade.

I was in a hurry since an apache worm is in the wild and a disasembly of 
the code shows it is pointed at the unix/linux versions even though the 
only known root exploits are win32 and BSD systems.

My logs however only show the usual nimda infection attempts.

Any way, I finally got the damn thing patched.

BTW It wrote the default Web structure on upgrade (the "TEST" 
index.html).  My client uses front page I think so his index.htm did not 
get over written.  But if you do the upgrade on a Redhat system, back up 
your content! or at least your index.html.


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