Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 08:48:59 -0600 From: Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com> To: taxman <taxman@acd.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A couple of questions related to the sendmail patch, etc. Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20030305084829.00bcd058@mail.servplex.com> In-Reply-To: <200303042238.14556.taxman@acd.net> References: <20030304180817.GE4478@gothmog.gr> <002f01c2e25f$2087b3d0$aeb423cf@3bagsmedia> <20030304180817.GE4478@gothmog.gr>
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Errr... If you are not currently running Sendmail (IE It's not installed).. Then there's nothing to patch.... Peter At 10:38 PM 3/4/2003 -0500, you wrote: >On Tuesday 04 March 2003 01:08 pm, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > On 2003-03-04 10:02, Phillip Smith <lists@3bags.com> wrote: > > : A couple of quick questions... > > : > > : I've downloaded the 8.11.6 patch from sendmail.org, and used the > > : instructions they provided > > : [patch -p0 < /PATH/TO/sendmail.8.11.6.security.cr.patch], which then > > : prompts me for 'which file to patch.' I'm not clear on which file I > > : _need_ to patch? Or where it would be. > > > > You should run the patch command with /usr/src/contrib/sendmail as > > your current working directory. > >I don't run sendmail at all, but I would like to learn how to apply the >patch. >doing: patch -p0 < /home/tim/sendmail.8.12.security.cr.patch in the above >directory still gives the "File to patch:" prompt > What else needs to be done to apply the patch? > >Thanks, >Tim > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com> Vice President Of Customer Service (And System Administrator) 1835 S. Carrier Parkway Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 (972) 263-2080 - Voice (972) 263-2082 - Fax (972) 489-4838 - Cell Phone (425) 988-8061 - eFax I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though she's too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about. I worry that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say "Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet?" -- Mike Godwin Unix IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are. System Administration - It's a dirty job, but somebody said I had to do it. If you receive something that says 'Send this to everyone you know, pretend you don't know me. Standard $500/message proofreading fee applies for UCE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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