Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 22 Nov 2000 11:56:20 -0700 | From | "Jeff V. Merkey" <> | Subject | Re: Announce: modutils 2.3.21 is available |
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On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 11:25:17PM +1100, Keith Owens wrote: > This is the "never release a security fix in a hurry" release. The > security fixes in modutils 2.3.20 had some side effects on some config > files. Linus knocked back environment variable MOD_SAFEMODE, instead > the kernel propagates the real uid that caused modprobe to be invoked. > > ftp://ftp.<country>.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/modutils/v2.3 > > patch-modutils-2.3.21.bz2 Patch from modutils 2.3.20 to 2.3.21 > modutils-2.3.21.tar.bz2 Source tarball, includes RPM spec file > modutils-2.3.21-1.src.rpm As above, in SRPM format > modutils-2.3.21-1.i386.rpm Compiled with egcs-2.91.66, glibc 2.1.2 > modutils-2.3.21-1.sparc.rpm Compiled for combined sparc 32/64 > > Changelog extract > > * Remove compile warnings in xstrcat. > * snprintf cleanups. > * Set safemode when uid != euid. > * Strip quotes from shell responses. + add RedHat ism's with a --rhc (red hat compatible) -i -m (-F)
RedHat kind of is the standard in the commercial world in the US.
:-)
Jeff
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