March 2004 - openSUSE Security - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: Your bill
by gd＠suse.de 17 Mar '04

17 Mar '04

Here is the file.

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Re: [suse-security] SuSE Product Life Cycles
by GarUlbricht7＠netscape.net 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

Avtar Gill <av_gill(a)sympatico.ca> wrote: >Jason Joines wrote: >> We have a lot of servers running SuSE 8.0 Professional. I know >> updates and patches are no longer available from SuSE for versions 7.3 >> and earlier but I don't remember when that will run out for 8.0. ---(text snipped)--- > > Each SuSE release (not the enterprise ones) seem to be supported for 2 > years. SuSE Professional 8.0 was released on April 22 2002.. > ttp://www.mozillaquest.com/Linux02/SuSE_Linux_8-0_announced_story-01.html > > So I'm guessing support for that release will not be available > after April 2004. > > P.S. Questions like this probably belong on the > suse-linux-e mailing Errr, Roman Drahtmueller usually announces to this list when SuSE will discontiue making security patches availablable. See for example: "Re: [suse-security] SuSE 7.3" http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security/2003-Oct/0025.html I agree that SuSE is on approximately a two year product cycle, but there is usually a grace period of a month or two after a new distro is released so people can make an orderly transition. Example: 9.0 came out in late September, 2003, and 7.3 was discontinued mid-November, 2003. Even so, might be time to think about what you are going to switch too..(9.0, or wait for 9.1) (9.0 seems pretty stable, might be a good choice.) Hope this helps, Gar -- __________________________________________________________________ Introducing the New Netscape Internet Service. Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp

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SuSE Product Life Cycles
by Jason Joines 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

We have a lot of servers running SuSE 8.0 Professional. I know updates and patches are no longer available from SuSE for versions 7.3 and earlier but I don't remember when that will run out for 8.0. I searched the mail archives and SuSE website but haven't found any information. Does any one know where I can find information on SuSE Product Life Cycles? Thanks, Jason Joines =================================

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DHCP Problems
by Scott Wrobel 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

i have just learned about / resurched / configured / and tested DHCP yesterday. When i started i didn't know what it was and it was not even installed on my computer. I installed it, read about it, conigured the files, and then tested it once on my test network with two windows comps. When i shut everything down at the end of the day all the computers work working exactly like i wanted them to. The windows computers contacted the linux box receaved fixed ip addresses based on hardware and worked fine. Today i start everything up and nothing is working the same way. the ip addresses on the windows comps are 169.254.150.xx when the specified range is 192.168.1.1xx the subnet masks are wrong and the gateways on the windows comps are non existant. the only thing that does work is that the two windows computers can see each other just fine. both windows computers have been instructed to talk to the linux box and one (win 2000 pro) says that it has done just that when asked with ipconfig /all, the other one is going somewhere totaly different for the address. they are supposed to go to 192.168.1.44 and the stray (win 98) is going to 255.255.255.255 for a DHCP server???????????? Does anybody know what is going on??????????? thx scott FadMart - http://www.fadmart.com - An Associate of the World's Largest Store!

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[Fwd: [SLE] Re: [suse-security] SuSE Enterprise Server]
by Daniel Secareanu 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

:) I managed to send it to SLE by mistake :)) Daniel -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [SLE] Re: [suse-security] SuSE Enterprise Server Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 13:47:06 +0100 From: Daniel Secareanu <dsecareanu(a)linux360.ro> Reply-To: dsecareanu(a)linux360.ro Organization: Linux360 To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Yes, you can probably do all that with SuSE 9.0 Pro... Also, if you don't really want to spend the time configuring it, you could go for the low end SuSE Linux Stadard Server, which has almost the same functionalities as Enterprise Server, the difference being in scalability, number of processors supported (max 2 for standard), max memory size and so on... Just check SuSE's web site, there is a comparison between these two versions and you will find out which one you really need... And since I suppose you don't want to deploy Enterprise and your intranet or web/db servers on a quad processor machine... I presume either 9.0 pro or standard server would suit you just fine... Daniel Tom Knight wrote: > > As an aside, my SuSE reseller technical contact just phoned me about > a quote I've requested for 5 Standard or Enterprise Servers, and told me > that for the use I'll be making of these machines (Intranet web/DB servers) > I may as well just buy SuSE Pro 9, not spend the money on the Server > versions. I can see why he's not my main sales contact. > > Tom. > > >

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RE: RE: [suse-security] SuSE Enterprise Server
by Barry Gill 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

Barry Gill <b(a)rry.co.za> wrote the Mar 16, 2004 2:41 PM: > Dominik Sk?adanowski <dominik.skladanowski(a)ch.pw.edu.pl> wrote the Mar 16, 2004 2:00 PM: > > 1) updates - how it is resolved? For SuSE Personal and Profesional, > > updates are on a public ftp servers. How it is for SuSE Enterprise > > Server? Is it ftp server too, but personalized for every enterprise > > user? How fast I get update after publish bug in software? > > Will no longer be PUBLIC FTP, you will receive login details when you buy. > Updates also allow for any upgrades (someone correct me if I am wrong...) > > > 2) When I buy SuSE Enterprise Server this year it means that updates > > support I will have till 2009? > You have commercial support for the product for a period of 1 year, thereafter it is ONLY security patches. > You can renew the maintenance support agreement annually. > > > > 3) License. It is still GPL (except YAST and SuSEconfig), so if I buy > > one box I can run on it 5 servers? > NO. > You purchase licenses per server and users, not per site. > Specifically, you are purchasing the right to use an extremely stable version of our favourite Linux distro, but what you PAY for is the commercial support, documentation and access to updates etc. > > > And last one. Is it true that summer this year SuSE Enterprise Server 9 > > will be available? > dunno, sorry > > Barry

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SuSE Enterprise Server
by Dominik Składanowski 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

Hi, I'm going to buy SuSE Enterprise Server and migrate from SuSE 8.2 Professional to mentioned SuSE Enterprise. I wonder 3 things: 1) updates - how it is resolved? For SuSE Personal and Profesional, updates are on a public ftp servers. How it is for SuSE Enterprise Server? Is it ftp server too, but personalized for every enterprise user? How fast I get update after publish bug in software? 2) When I buy SuSE Enterprise Server this year it means that updates support I will have till 2009? 3) License. It is still GPL (except YAST and SuSEconfig), so if I buy one box I can run on it 5 servers? And last one. Is it true that summer this year SuSE Enterprise Server 9 will be available? Regards. -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dominik Składanowski e-mail: dominik.skladanowski(a)ch.pw.edu.pl ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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problem using su to become root on SuSE 9
by Tobias Weisserth 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

Hi everybody, I seem to miss an important detail here.I'm not able to use "su" to become root with a user that already is in the wheel group. su asks for the root password and I provide the correct root password and it says the password is wrong. Yet I am able to log in as root with the same root password. What am I missing? thanks, Tobias W. -- *************************************************** ____ _____ | _ \| ____| Tobias Weisserth | | | | _| tobias(a)weisserth.[de|com|net|org] _| |_| | |___ http://www.weisserth.org (_)____/|_____| Encrypted mail is welcome. Key and fingerprint: http://imprint.weisserth.org ***************************************************

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foward with suseFirewall how to?
by Joao M.C. Alvega 14 Mar '04

14 Mar '04

Hello! My problem is the next: - I want to foward 192.168.X.Y: Port:80 to 3128 so that Squid can take care of! - 1 Problem i have 2 windows clients should be allawed acess to the internet but only trugh the transparent proxy. after adding this line to Susefirewall2 config file "192. 168.X.Y,0/0,tcp,80,3128" the windows client recives an ansuwer from squid telling that can't find "http://google.com:3128". But if i tell windows that there is a proxy at "192.168.X.Y : 3128" that does not append. João Alvega

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new openssh?
by Alex Angerhofer 14 Mar '04

14 Mar '04

Hi List, did I miss a security annoucement about openssh? This morning after doing a routine online update I found myself presented with the option to install version 3.7.1p2-111 over the previous version 3.7.1p2-18, yet don't recall having seen an annoucement. But then, after looking through my emails I haven't seen any suse-security traffic at all for perhaps a day or two. Did the list drop off the edge of cyberspace or did it just dump my address? Anyway, I'd be interested to learn what 3.7.1p2-111 is about and what issues it is supposed to fix. Cheers, Alex.

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