Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 23:32:05 -0400 From: "alexus" <ml@db.nexgen.com> To: "erb" <erb@cloud9.pain.net>, "Jim Durham" <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> Cc: "Josef Karthauser" <joe@tao.org.uk>, "Nuno Teixeira" <nuno.mailinglists@pt-quorum.com>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: RELEASE 4.3 -> RELENG_4_3: SUCCESSFULLY but ... Message-ID: <002501c1214d$07a5cf70$0100a8c0@alexus> References: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0108092234470.33832-100000@cloud9.pain.net>
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i'm more or less newbie here can you explain me why would you ever want to do cvsup+rebuild kernel every friday? what's wrong with your old kernel? ----- Original Message ----- From: "erb" <erb@cloud9.pain.net> To: "Jim Durham" <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> Cc: "Josef Karthauser" <joe@tao.org.uk>; "Nuno Teixeira" <nuno.mailinglists@pt-quorum.com>; <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 10:40 PM Subject: Re: RELEASE 4.3 -> RELENG_4_3: SUCCESSFULLY but ... > Hmm.. I only update the 'world' if I am changing something that requires > it, other then that I use a crontab entry that looks similiar to this.. > > #run cvsup every week at 2:30 AM (Friday) + compile/install new kernel > 30 2 * * 5 root newkernel > > and the newkernel script is as follows.. > > #!/bin/sh > # New kernel script, will cvsup, configure, compiling and install > # new kernel from source. -erb > # > PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin > export PATH > cvsup -g -L 2 /etc/supfile >/var/tmp/cvsup.out 2>&1 > cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf > config CLOUD9 >/var/tmp/config.out 2>&1 > cd /usr/src > make update >/var/tmp/update.out 2>&1 > #make buildworld >/var/tmp/buildworld.out 2>&1 > #make installworld >/var/tmp/installworld.out 2>&1 > make buildkernel KERNCONF=CLOUD9 >/var/tmp/buildkernel.out 2>&1 > make installkernel KERNCONF=CLOUD9 >/var/tmp/installkernel.out 2>&1 > echo "CVSUp, & Kernel compile/install completed. For more information > referr to /var/tmp and browse through the .out files." | mail -s "cvsup & kernel compile completed" sysadmin@cloud9.pain.net > > seems to do the trick just fine, could anyone let me know if this is a bad > idea? > > On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Jim Durham wrote: > > > On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Josef Karthauser wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 10:01:41PM +0100, Nuno Teixeira wrote: > > > > > > > My question is: what is the real danger of doing `installworld` in > > > > multiuser mode? I have doing a lot of tests in other machines tracking > > > > STABLE and I have no problems so far. > > > > > > I've _always_ done installworld in multiuser on many servers. That > > > doesn't mean that it's the safest way, but it was safe enough for me. > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > Well, I got talked into trying this and it panic'd the running > > kernel, so I won't do it that way again! I know lots of folks have > > gotten away with this, but it seems to be Russian Roulette.. > > > > I now have a "boot.config" file with "-h" in it and a null modem > > cable to my portmaster. I reboot into single-user, telnet into > > the portmaster and get on the serial port. Works very well. > > You could also cross-connect serial ports from another server. > > > > -Jim Durham > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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