On Sat, 3 Nov 2001, Jochen Kächelin wrote:

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/suse_advisory-1680.html When I try to update my system (SuSE 7.3) with yast2 the patch is not offered to me!

Please read the security announcement carefully! A kernel update can not be done via YaST2 (YOU). That's why we explain the needed steps in great detail in our kernel announcements.

How can I check if this patch is already installed! The files on the ftp-Server are dated with 25.10.2001 - the article is from yesterday!!

Please keep in mind, this security announcement has been re-issued. SuSE-SA:2001:036 has been issued on Friday, Oct 26th. If you followed this announcement and updated your kernel, you're already safe, as this kernel update _already_ fixed all three security issues. But we didn't mentioned this in SuSE-SA:2001:036 to give other Linux vendors the opportunity to fix their kernels, as they released an updated kernel earlier than we did. HTH best regards, Rainer Link -- Rainer Link | SuSE - The Linux Experts link@suse.de | Developer of A Mail Virus Scanner (www.amavis.org) www.suse.de | Founder OpenAntiVirus Project (www.openantivirus.org)