I just purchased a Raq 4i. Just got my 2 domains in it and set it up to host Dns for 3 domains of mine. I also added about a hundred email addresses to it. This Raq was an upgrade from a Windowz based server we were using.

My question is: do I need to install any patches to the Raq or were all the available ones installed when Cobalt sent it out the door? According to the supplier it had to be ordered in from Cobalt or something so I imagine it just came out there doors not to long ago. How do I tell what patches are installed?

http://www.cobalt.com/support/download/raq4.eng.html

It sounds like "OS Update 2.0" is the only one necessary to bring the thing up to date, is that right? How do I apply this patch? Should I back my server up first before applying the patch? How?

I am new to the Raq but it seems to work great so far and am hoping for some guidance here.

Thanks

Matt

hi hci,

First check , is it new box , i mean just freshen installed one.
Then login to your box as admin, select maintainance ,select install software. Here you will see list of pathches or pkgs which are already installed on your box. find wheather this patch is installed , if not you need to install it.
Note first take full backup of server using scheduled backup,also make it sure that you have emergency recovery CD which comes from cobalt.
Then if your server do not have any patches installed ( what you say , thats its a new box ) then Read the full doc on site, You will need to install all patches one by one starting from bottom on that site, do not make in sequence.Normally there are something 40 to 50 patches on raq from main site , you need to install , once you got new raq 4i box in place.
also pl. keep your raq behind firewall, since it have major security services open like finger or close all not required services in raq.
for better security scan make ISS security scan www.iss.net on machine.

OS Update 2.0

HTTP RaQ4-en-OSUpdate-2.0.pkg Posted: January 29, 2002
FTP Point your FTP client to ftp://ftp.cobalt.com Size: 33,446,292 bytes

This patch is an update to the Sun Cobalt RaQ 4 server appliance. It incorporates all previous patches as well as various bug fixes. See the following PDF for a complete list of bugs addressed in this update.

Prerequisites:

RaQ4-en-OSUpdate 1.0
RaQ4-All-Security-1.0.3-8762 (DOS /tmp attack)
RaQ4-All-System-1.0.1-9882 (DNS update)
RaQ4-All-Security-1.0.1-10602 (Apache Update)
RaQ4-All-Kernel-1.0.1-2.216C28III (Kernel Update)
More detailed information about this patch please read the following documentation:
RaQ4-en-OSUpdate-Installation.pdf
MD5 Check Sum: bd95b7cf9302cb9b7c335f99863889eb

Reboot Required: Yes


Does this one patch do the whole thing?

What I have currentlly:

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Relational Database Server and Client tools by InterBase. Release V6.0
Cobalt OS Release 6.0
RaQ4-All-Mfg Release 1.0.1-11246
RaQ4-All-Security Release 1.0.1-8232
RaQ4-All-Security Release 1.0.2-9077
RaQ4-All-Security Release 1.0.2-9078
RaQ4-All-Security Release 1.0.2-9353
RaQ4-All-System Release 1.0.1-8572
RaQ4-en-OSUpdateRelease 1.0
Third Party Disaster RecoveryRelease 1.0.2-9198
Neomail Release 1.25-5

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Thanks

Matt