Worry not, the only dumb question is the one that is not asked [after you have searched for an answer yourself].....if you are running php on windows (which I assume you are because you sent it to the windows list), you do not need to worry about the vulnerability because it only affects some solaris/linux boxes. The patch that you downloaded needs to be applied to PHP's source code. Since you (most likely), are running a binary version on windows, the patch really won't help you, unless you compiled your binary yourself.
If you are running linux/solaris, you need to run the command "patch" in the appropriate directory(s) on the patch file and then recompile. In linux, do a "man patch" or equivalent to learn more about patch. Some more detailed info can be found at http://www.math.washington.edu/~chappa/pine/faq/basic.html (of course the context is a little different) -----Original Message----- From: Cary To: PHP Win List Sent: 3/2/02 6:44 AM Subject: [PHP-WIN] Dumb Question I hate to ask such a dumb question, but :-) I downloaded the security patch for php4.1.1 but have no clue how to apply it. Would one of you please clue me in ? Thanks, Cary -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
