Re: [suse-security] Could a System Ooops be caused by failing to "re-start"?
Hi List-- Does any one know if you have to "re-start" your macine after installing two new SuSE security patches: ppp and/or yast2-config-inet ? Reason for asking is I experienced my first "system ooops" on my SuSE 8.0 box (i586) on Saturday 1/25/03 I assuming it was something I did rather than effects of some mal-ware. However, with the hub-bub this weekend over major major connectivity problems caused by an exploit of vulnerability published in June 2002 which some Server admins had just ignored, I have been going through my logs, etc. I had downloaded two patches via YOU Friday nite: "yast2-config-inet (2.5.6-0)" and "ppp-19082 (2.4.-283) I then logged out to "the other user screen", and went to bed. However, I did not re-start my machine. Next day, I could not log back in. My system admin killed the machine, and then we did a power off/on, restart. I am now looking at logs but and studying "ksymoops" to make more sense out of my logs. In the meantime, I think what cause my Oooops was I did not re-start my machine after loading these two patches. I "re-call" that the "directions" that came with the patches said I need to "re-start" but I forgot, and now I can't find those directions. Am I right, did I need to "re-start"??? -- TIA Gar __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
On 01/27/2003 06:38 AM, GarUlbricht7@netscape.net wrote:
Does any one know if you have to "re-start" your macine after installing two new SuSE security patches: ppp and/or yast2-config-inet ?
No, not the whole machine. If you were using the service (I applied the patches via dialin remotely so I was, the the actual service (in this particular case pppd) does need to. In my situation, it got 'restarted' because I only use pppd for incoming calls, thus when I logged out, it stopped, and restarted on the next call. If you connect via dialup or DSL maybe, you would need to restart your connection, which would stop and start pppd. The yast update would only need restarting if you were at that moment USING the app (i.e. it was running). A great help in this regard is if you have fou4s, you can run "fou4s --checkdeleted", which will list any running program using files that have changed (i.e. updated). HTH.
Reason for asking is I experienced my first "system ooops" on my SuSE 8.0 box (i586) on Saturday 1/25/03
Do you use DSL or dial up. Just a thought. -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace of God, I am what I am.
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