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DPEC Online Courseware Fix

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Don Papp)
Tue Feb 2 23:33:35 1999

Date: 	Mon, 1 Feb 1999 15:49:39 -0700
Reply-To: Don Papp <donp@CRONUS.OANET.COM>
From: Don Papp <donp@CRONUS.OANET.COM>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To:  <19990115214524.A2938@cyberlink.bc.ca>

On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Joel Knight wrote:

> AFAIK, in DPEC's latest release, this problem has not been fixed.

	DPEC has released a fix - here is the meat of it:


>> Preventing unauthorized password changes:
>>
>> 1) Use anonymous ftp to connect to teach.dpec.com.
>>
>> 2) Switch to the /pub directory.
>>
>> 3) Select the appropriate patch file for your OS from the following
list:
>>
>>      aix_patch_990125.tar.gz
>>      bsdi_patch_990125.tar.gz
>>      digital_patch_990125.tar.gz
>>      hp-ux_patch_990125.tar.gz
>>      linux_patch_990125.tar.gz
>>      nt_patch_990125.zip
>>      solaris_patch_990125.tar.gz
>>
>> 4) Fetch the appropriate patch file using binary ftp.
>>
>> 5) Decompress and unpack the patch file.
>>
>> 6) Consult the readme.txt file for installation instructions.
>>
>> This fix will be incorporated into future versions of the courseware.


| Donald Papp
| Support Analyst
| OA Internet Inc.
| don@oa.net

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