On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 20:10, Jon Reynolds wrote: > Warren, after reading this post I was wondering how bad it is to just > install everything during the initial install of my OS RH7.3? If you saw > my last post to the list I can't even figure out how to get sound to > work on my laptop. Whenever I try to just install what I think I need, > then try and add an application like star office, there are so many > dependencies that I can never get them all installed correctly. So I > just do a full install, which is a waste of space and resources. Oh > well, as I asked earlier how bad is a full install? > > Jon
Fairly bad because it is running many of those services that you have installed, even though you don't need most of them. Your Apache, PHP and OpenSSL is vulnerable to several exploits. You may already be cracked by the worm mentioned earlier in this thread. Several other components may be vulnerable. Check out this page for a list of security errata for Red Hat 7.3: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rh73-errata-security.html Try scanning yourself with "nmap localhost" to see your open ports. I can already tell you that you should turn off all your services and use Red Hat's automated update tool. service httpd stop service sendmail stop service xinetd stop service named stop service squid stop service smb stop (Use "chkconfig SERVICENAME off" with those same service names in order to keep them from starting automatically at bootup.) Then run "rhn_register" and follow on-screen instructions. Otherwise use Red Hat Network in the System menu of KDE or Gnome. "up2date -u" will download and install all updated packages at the command line. Running "up2date" or the "Update Agent" in X will bring up a gui tool somewhat like Windows Update. Just click click click, wait, done.