Hi all,

I was just wondering if any of you have installed the security/update pakages from Cobalt (http://www.cobalt.com/support/download/raq3.eng.html) that were released on Dec 6, 2000 or later? Are all the new ones safe and good to install?

Thank you,
Saeed, RaQ3 Owner..

ive installed almost every single one except the latest

I install all of them the time they are released. Because that is for security. Their are now some company's whose server has been broken down, because they don's update their servers regulary.

My advice update them as soon as possible!

unfortunately I have been burned too often when installing the Cobalt updates, I usually wait two weeks and see what the reaction from the mailing list first :).

Originally posted by Starhost
I install all of them the time they are released. Because that is for security. Their are now some company's whose server has been broken down, because they don's update their servers regulary.

My advice update them as soon as possible!
You haven't been using Cobalts very long. :) There's been many a time when I've seen Cobalt post an update to their downloads page, only to remove it 24 or 48 hours later. If you subscribe to the Cobalt list (http://www.cobalt.com/support/resources/usergroups.html) you'll frequently find people who have been burned because they installed a patch that had a problem when it was released.

it happenned to my raq3 3 friggin times, the first one was when they *released* the os3 update about midnight 2 months ago, i dlded it and installed it, guess what the catch all email will not work, the lame site stats stopped working and a bunch of other things, So i called cobalt what is up withi it how come the update is no longer there.

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Elijah,
Thank you for contacting Cobalt Networks
DO NOT DISTRIBUTE THAT PATCH!!!!!

The patch was pulled from distribution because there is a serious flaw which
somehow got past the Q.A. checks. It modifies /dev/null so that it's a standard
file, and the machine will fail to reboot after the patch is applied.

If you have not rebooted since applying the patch, please call us on the
telephone at 1-800-266-4378, so that one of our technicians can repair your
machine, or instruct you how to do so.
>
> Name:
> City:
> State:
> Country: US
> SERIAL: 0000000000
> MAC ADDR: 0000000000
> PRODUCT: RaQ3
> Hello,
>
> I updated my raq3 all security patch last night. 11-29-00
>
> The released version is Raq3-All-Security-3.01-8061.pkg it was a 23mb
file
but
> when my friends wanted to get the updates for their raq they cannot find
it
> anywhere at the download section.
>
> where is it ? what happen to it ?
>
> the patch update version is Raq3-all-security 3.01-8061.pkg
>
> Can i just send them what i have here since i made backup copies of
it.
>
>
> thanks :)
>
>
> Regards,
Bob Glotzbach
Technical Support Engineer
Cobalt Networks

1-888-70COBALT
http://www.cobalt.com

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and it happenned 2 more times and got so fed up that i sweared to god that i will be learning LinuX as fast as i can so i can move up to a ***real*** linux :( so after 1 more week of bs from cobalt i got myself a new red hat box :P (still have my raq though i dont excpect too much from it anymore)

lesson: wait at least 2 weeks but then again i did wait , this time more trouble my raq got friggin hacked FTP was corrupted and cant telnet in the server :(

elijaH :P

one more thing.........

one of the tech guys at cobalt said " do not distribute that patch....well you can give them out to your enemies hehe ..." :rolleyes:

so i was like ??? ok ??? :smash:


elijaH :P

Ok, so........... hmmmm........... yaah..... ok.....

..i guess i should wait a little then with the latest ones..

thanks

Due to the size of this update, please place this package in /home/packages and install via the 'Loaded' option under the 'Install Software' screen.

Can anyone tell me how i get the package there ?
Please be more exact then "telnet it there" ;)

And did you update the os.4 ? anyone had problems with it already?

I download it to my machine and then FTP'd it in as admin.

I work with windows, so after i reconstructed the original filename, do i have to set any permissions to it ?

'catch-all' email aliases added manually before the update will not function in the same way after the update. Please remove all email domain aliases before installing this update.


What does this mean ?
Do i have to remove all aliasses from every site on my raq ?!

Or can i ignore this message ?

I noticed most (if not all) pkg numbers in this patch are already installed on my raq, do i still have to install this one ?

Well, I'd look to the list. One, I don't run a RaQ3 anymore, so I'm not sure I could help you with things like this. I did apply a similar patch to the RaQ4 and I haven't noticed disaster quite yet, but there's still time.

You can download it, as is, to your HD, and upload it without having to change (reconstruct?), anything, or alter permissions, etc.

I don't know about the email aliases and wonder if I missed that with my update :) *eeak*