[101517] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Kernel patch (was: PS AUX, was: Virtualising a Linux system)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Stearns)
Fri Nov 27 00:56:10 1998
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 00:57:54 -0500 (EST)
From: William Stearns <wstearns@pobox.com>
Reply-To: William Stearns <wstearns@pobox.com>
To: Simon Garner <sgarner@expio.co.nz>
cc: ML-redhat <redhat-list@redhat.com>
In-Reply-To: <002c01be19bb$ffdffa40$24f031ca@expio.net.nz>
Resent-From: redhat-list@redhat.com
Good morning, Simon,
On Fri, 27 Nov 1998, Simon Garner wrote:
> Got sidetracked on another project and never got round to doing this...
> (you posted this msg on the redhat-list about a month ago).
>
> I would really like to use this patch, as it addresses a number of
> important security issues.
>
> Could you give me a quick step-by-step guide as to how to apply and
> use this patch? I'd be much obliged :)
Sure. Here's the cooks tour:
1) Download buildkernel-0.87-1.i386.rpm from
http://www.pobox.com/~wstearns/buildkernel
2) rpm -Uvh buildkernel-0.87-1.i386.rpm
3) decide which kernel you're going to build, say 2.0.36 for this
discussion.
4) mkdir /usr/src/kpatches-2.0.36
5) ln -sf /path/to/the/2036/patch /usr/src/kpatches-2.0.36/01
6) buildkernel 2.0.36
7) Watch Linux do the work for you :-) Follow the prompts; it'll
ask you to do some things from time to time.
Cheers,
-Bill
> >On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Simon Garner wrote:
> >
> >> > [RM] Goto http://www.xs4all.nl/~rubyx/rubyx and download the
> >> > Linux Security Patch.
> >> > "ps aux" will show the user's own processes, but ROOT can see
> >> > all processes during a "ps aux"
> >>
> >> Er, how do I use this exactly? Haven't patched my kernel before...
> >
> > See a separate mesage on this list with the title:
> >"Re: Kernel Questions (long response about kernels and patches)". It
> >talks about patching and kernels, and has some pointers that will help you
> >compile your own kernel.
> > I'd be happy to help if you still have problems...
> > Cheers,
> > - Bill
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Unix _is_ user friendly. It's just very selective about who its friends
are. And sometimes even best friends have fights.
William Stearns (wstearns@pobox.com)
Mason, Buildkernel, and named2hosts are at: http://www.pobox.com/~wstearns
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