From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 26 00:59:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 714D316A412 for ; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:59:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lane@joeandlane.com) Received: from elasmtp-spurfowl.atl.sa.earthlink.net (elasmtp-spurfowl.atl.sa.earthlink.net [209.86.89.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 007EB43D45 for ; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:59:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lane@joeandlane.com) Received: from [66.47.111.183] (helo=joeandlane.com) by elasmtp-spurfowl.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Gctal-0001T1-Th; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:59:32 -0400 Received: from joeandlane.com (localhost.localnet.local [127.0.0.1]) by joeandlane.com (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k9Q11c1r075327; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:01:38 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from lane@joeandlane.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by joeandlane.com (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id k9Q11cvm075326; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:01:38 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from lane@joeandlane.com) From: Lane To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:01:37 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 References: <453FEAB3.9030409@bigfoot.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200610252001.38136.lane@joeandlane.com> X-CD-SOLUTIONS-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-CD-SOLUTIONS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-CD-SOLUTIONS-MailScanner-From: lane@joeandlane.com X-ELNK-Trace: e56a4b6ca9bdfda11aa676d7e74259b7b3291a7d08dfec793bd7fc98ad7bd0619b22ca5a14cf1102350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 66.47.111.183 Cc: Paul Schmehl Subject: Re: freebsd-update vs. make buildworld X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:59:33 -0000 On Wednesday 25 October 2006 19:23, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On October 26, 2006 12:52:35 AM +0200 Niek wrote: > > Hi experts, > > > > Due to the recent security issue regarding openssl, I have to update a > > server running 6_release. I was wondering if updating using binaries > > using the freebsd-update utility is a viable alternative to recompiling > > the world. What would you recommend? > > It is so long as you haven't altered any of the kernel or base source > files. If you have, you'll need to rebuild kernel and world. I use both > methods; freebsd-update when I'm using a GENERIC kernel with no changes > and the traditional method when the source has been altered, the kernel is > customized or the processor is not supported under freebsd-update. > > Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) > Senior Information Security Analyst > The University of Texas at Dallas > http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ Thanks, Paul I had a similar setup in /etc/rc.conf and /etc/devfs.rules which didn't work. I copied yours and then rebooted, but I still get "operation not permitted" when attempting to mount the usb drive as a non-root user. Thanks for your attention. lane