[yellowdog-updates] Yellow Dog Linux Bugfix Advisory: YDU-20010623-1


Subject: [yellowdog-updates] Yellow Dog Linux Bugfix Advisory: YDU-20010623-1
dburcaw@newhope.terraplex.com
Date: Thu Aug 09 2001 - 14:33:08 MDT


Yellow Dog Linux Bugfix Announcement
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Package: proftpd
Issue Date: June 23, 2001
Priority: low
Advisory ID: YDU-20010623-1

1. Topic:

        The proftpd server that shipped with YDL 2.0
        was slightly misconfigured.
        

2. Problem:

        Yellow Dog Linux uses the "logrotate" software to
        keep system logs from growing too large as well as
        archived. Proftpd's logrotate configuration entry
        (for /var/log/xferlog) was setup such that when
        proftpd wasn't activated, the system would still
        try to rotate the xferlog. This causes the root
        ("Super User") account to receive frequent automated
        emails about log rotation failures.

        The updated packages correct this problem.

3. Solution:

           a) Updating via yup...
           We suggest that you use the Yellow Dog Update Program (yup)
           to keep your system up-to-date. The following command(s) will
           automatically retrieve and install the fixed version of
           this update onto your system:

                   yup update proftpd

           b) Updating manually...
           The update can also be retrieved manually from our ftp site
           below along with the rpm command that should be used to install
           the update. (Please use a mirror site)

                   ftp://ftp.terraplex.com/pub/yellowdog/updates/yellowdog-2.0/ppc/RPMS/
                rpm -Fvh proftpd-1.2.0rc2-2c.ppc.rpm

4. Verification

MD5 checksum Package
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6fc3c8b46223f7d298ad7252ccb23d54 SRPMS/proftpd-1.2.0rc2-2c.src.rpm
79104830989e32ea08a0a238a83bfc7d ppc/RPMS/proftpd-1.2.0rc2-2c.ppc.rpm

If you wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with,
examine the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg filename

5. Misc.

Terra Soft has setup a moderated mailing list where these security, bugfix, and package
enhancement announcements will be posted. See http://lists.yellowdoglinux.com/ for more
information.

For information regarding the usage of yup, the Yellow Dog Update Program, see
http://devel.yellowdoglinux.com/rp_yup.shtml



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