Re : Lenny version info

2010-12-13 Thread Julien Patriarca
Maybe the all of that starting point was obviously out of the scope of this mailing list, but it seems to catch the interest of everyone seeing how many answers have been posted. Just stop with all that rubbish and get back to the main topic : security in Debian. - Reply message - De

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Re: Lenny version info

2010-12-13 Thread Matthias Faulstich
Am Montag 13 Dezember 2010 schrieb Emanuele Petrucci : > BTW here there are several methods, > > anyone giving you some information, some redundant: > > $ lsb_release -a > $ cat /proc/version ; # this largely include "uname -a" > $ cat /etc/debian_version Hi everyone! That's funny! I'm run

Re: Lenny version info

2010-12-13 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 23:33, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Chris Wadge wrote: >>> >>> PS: I've solved my problem. Thanks to those that actually helped. > > Besides all the noise, the "version of Lenny" can be directly relevant to > the security of the installation ... and therefore it could technica

Re: Lenny version info

2010-12-13 Thread Steven James
On Mon, 13 Dec 2010, Chris Wadge wrote: Well, you have my apologies, for whatever that's worth. I hate seeing exchanges like this. In the time it takes to tell somebody to "Google it", one could have simply replied with the correct answer. It's also worth noting that while search engines somet

Re: Lenny version info

2010-12-13 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Chris Wadge wrote: PS: I've solved my problem. Thanks to those that actually helped. Besides all the noise, the "version of Lenny" can be directly relevant to the security of the installation ... and therefore it could technically and possibly correctly (don't care for the debate on this tho

Re: Lenny version info

2010-12-13 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 22:50, Mike Mestnik wrote: > From what I can tell debian-security is listed under [2]User and not under > [3]Developer lists, so it stands to reason that users should be encouraged > to seek assistance from this list's members. > > 2. http://lists.debian.org/users.html >Fr

Re: Lenny version info

2010-12-13 Thread Mike Mestnik
Ash Narayanan wrote: Wow, what has this thread turned into!? It started off as a simple question that could have been answered with one of two possible replies, namely, the solution itself or a suggestion to move this query to a more appropriate mailing list. Thank you to all of you whose rep

Re: Lenny version info

2010-12-13 Thread Chris Wadge
Well, you have my apologies, for whatever that's worth. I hate seeing exchanges like this. In the time it takes to tell somebody to "Google it", one could have simply replied with the correct answer. It's also worth noting that while search engines sometimes seem magical, they're simply indexin

Re: Lenny version info

2010-12-13 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 20:12, Ash Narayanan wrote: > Can you imagine stepping in to a pet *security* store with a question about > your > pets *health* symptoms to be abused by the store attendant for not going to a > vet instead? ^ There, I fixed it for you. -Jim P. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: Lenny version info

2010-12-13 Thread Ash Narayanan
Wow, what has this thread turned into!? It started off as a simple question that could have been answered with one of two possible replies, namely, the solution itself or a suggestion to move this query to a more appropriate mailing list. Thank you to all of you whose replies fell in either of the

Re: Lenny version info

2010-12-13 Thread Mike Mestnik
Ashvin Narayanan wrote: This probably isn't the best place to ask but I couldn't find a better one. How do I obtain information about my Lenny installation? Is there a command that tells me the version number? Thanks, Ash http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-software.en.html#s-isitdebian htt

Re: Bind security announce

2010-12-13 Thread Debian security
Le lundi 13 décembre 2010 à 08:29 -0800, Account for Debian group mail a écrit : > On Fri, 10 Dec 2010, Florian Weimer wrote: > > > * Debian security: > > > >> Is there any plan to upgrade the bind version in debian to 9.6-ESV-R3 > >> which correct the bugs? > > > > There was a technical issue wi

Re: Bind security announce

2010-12-13 Thread Account for Debian group mail
On Mon, 13 Dec 2010, Florian Weimer wrote: * Account for Debian group mail: On Fri, 10 Dec 2010, Florian Weimer wrote: * Debian security: Is there any plan to upgrade the bind version in debian to 9.6-ESV-R3 which correct the bugs? There was a technical issue with the update process, whi

Re: Bind security announce

2010-12-13 Thread Florian Weimer
* Account for Debian group mail: > On Fri, 10 Dec 2010, Florian Weimer wrote: > >> * Debian security: >> >>> Is there any plan to upgrade the bind version in debian to 9.6-ESV-R3 >>> which correct the bugs? >> >> There was a technical issue with the update process, which has been >> resolved now.

Re: Bind security announce

2010-12-13 Thread Account for Debian group mail
On Fri, 10 Dec 2010, Florian Weimer wrote: * Debian security: Is there any plan to upgrade the bind version in debian to 9.6-ESV-R3 which correct the bugs? There was a technical issue with the update process, which has been resolved now. Updates will be released in due course. Hello, I

Re: Lenny version info

2010-12-13 Thread Emanuele Petrucci
BTW here there are several methods, anyone giving you some information, some redundant: $ lsb_release -a $ cat /proc/version ; # this largely include "uname -a" $ cat /etc/debian_version Emanuele Petrucci = http://kysmor.com kys...@kysmor.com On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at

Re: Lenny version info

2010-12-13 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 02:18, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Hi, > > Chris Bannister wrote: >> Naturally, I assume you would do a google first!!! Just think, in a few >> years time if someone googles your name, will they think you >> ignorant/lazy and not able to use a search engine? > > I don't under

Re: Lenny version info

2010-12-13 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Anh K. Huynh wrote: You may try "cat /etc/debian_version" Thank you, I'm sure that perfectly answers the OP's question exactly and very clearly. Cheers A. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists

Re: Lenny version info

2010-12-13 Thread Anh K. Huynh
On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:18:25 +1100 Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Hi, > > Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 03:05:45PM +1030, Ashvin Narayanan wrote: > >> Thanks Jim/Michael for taking time to show me how to use Google > >> instead of simply pointing me to debian-users. > > > > Natu