Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 07:40:00 -0700 (PDT) From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/8260: upgrade security breach Message-ID: <199810111440.HAA29952@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/8260; it has been noted by GNATS. From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) To: bs@eunet.ch Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/8260: upgrade security breach Date: 11 Oct 1998 16:30:03 +0200 bs@eunet.ch writes: > Put a *** SECURITY WARNING *** with appropriate kind words that it > may be a good idea to disable inetd and friends between the > upgrade-commit button and the actual upgrade. > This is a non-issue for installs running single user mode. I, uh, don't know what to say, except maybe that if you think sysinstall's upgrade option was ever meant to work in multi-user mode, you are completely off your rocker. No offense. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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