Re: how to read security advisories

2014-02-27 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Joe writes: > I'd like to point out that neither of these resources are of much help > for someone trying to figure out what the -p means, though. That makes sense. What would you suggest as additional text for the how-to-read-a-security-advisory chapter?

Patch to FreeBSD Handbook - jails

2014-02-27 Thread Jack-Benny Persson
Hi, I've noticed that the Jails chapter in the Handbook is a bit out of date. The handbook says one should place the jail_* config options in the /etc/rc.conf file but this is deprecated. The config options should now be placed in /etc/jail.conf. I've created a SVN patch here with an update. Bes

Re: docs/186625: Handbook rebuilding "world" upgrade procedure wrong mergemaster command

2014-02-27 Thread Wout Decré
On Mon, 2014-02-10 at 11:20 +, Wout Decr wrote: > >Number: 186625 > >Category: docs > >Synopsis: Handbook rebuilding "world" upgrade procedure wrong > >mergemaster command > >Confidential: no > >Severity: non-critical > >Priority: low > >Responsible:freebs

Re: docs/186625: Handbook rebuilding "world" upgrade procedure wrong mergemaster command

2014-02-27 Thread Wout Decré
The following reply was made to PR docs/186625; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Wout =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Decr=E9?= To: freebsd-gnats-sub...@freebsd.org, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Re: docs/186625: Handbook rebuilding "world" upgrade procedure wrong mergemaster command Date: Thu, 27 Feb

Re: how to read security advisories

2014-02-27 Thread Joe
For the patch level field, it would be informative to have a note indicating that the absence of a patch level field is itself information, rather than just an indication that the user is looking in the wrong place.  I think that's really the critical bit that I was missing. For example: ... 4

Re: docs/186625: Handbook rebuilding "world" upgrade procedure wrong mergemaster command

2014-02-27 Thread Allan Jude
On 2014-02-27 08:50, Wout Decré wrote: > The following reply was made to PR docs/186625; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Wout =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Decr=E9?= > To: freebsd-gnats-sub...@freebsd.org, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org > Cc: > Subject: Re: docs/186625: Handbook rebuilding "world" upgrade pro

Re: how to read security advisories

2014-02-27 Thread Joe
Builds which do not have the -p suffix in their release string do not have a patch level. Or maybe it's more accurate to say "If your release string does not contain the -p suffix, your build is not from the patched security branch"?   I'm sure you know better than I how to state this in a tech

Re: how to read security advisories

2014-02-27 Thread Warren Block
On Thu, 27 Feb 2014, Joe wrote: Builds which do not have the -p suffix in their release string do not have a patch level. Or maybe it's more accurate to say "If your release string does not contain the -p suffix, your build is not from the patched security branch"? ?? I'm sure you know bett

Re: how to read security advisories

2014-02-27 Thread Remko Lodder
On 27 Feb 2014, at 19:09, Warren Block wrote: > On Thu, 27 Feb 2014, Joe wrote: > >> Builds which do not have the -p suffix in their release string do not have a >> patch level. >> >> Or maybe it's more accurate to say "If your release string does not contain >> the -p suffix, your build is

Issues w/ FTP

2014-02-27 Thread Erik Namtvedt
It appears your FTP server is handing out bad port assignments for the FTP traffic. With filezilla, linux, and other ftp clients I am getting 'Illegal PORT command' errors. Putting the connection in passive mode solves the issue. You might want to look into it. It appears to only be impacting the

Re: Issues w/ FTP

2014-02-27 Thread Glen Barber
[doc@ BCC'd to exclude from future replies] On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:54:49PM +, Erik Namtvedt wrote: > It appears your FTP server is handing out bad port assignments for the FTP > traffic. > With filezilla, linux, and other ftp clients I am getting 'Illegal PORT > command' errors. > Puttin

Re: Patch to FreeBSD Handbook - jails

2014-02-27 Thread Jack-Benny Persson
Hi again, I've changed my patch a bit since I'm figured it was a bad idea to remove the "old way" (keeping the jail settings in /etc/rc.conf) since /etc/jail.conf is rather new (from FreeBSD 9.1 and above). Included here is my new patch for the jail chapter in the Handbook. Best regards, Jack-Be