Thanks for pointing out the June 24 2000 security update info. Roman Ralph Day wrote: > > The LM site says its a security update: > > June, 24 2000 SECURITY UPDATE: kernel > POSIX "Capabilities" have recently been implemented in the Linux kernel. > These "Capabilities" are an additional form of privilege control to enable > more specific control over what privileged processes can do. Capabilities > are implemented as three (fairly large) bitfields, which each bit > representing a specific action a privileged process can perform. By setting > specific bits, the actions of priviliged processes can be controlled -- > access can be granted for various functions only to the specific parts of a > program that require them. It is a security measure. Please upgrade to: > > c5331676f063807160ff44e221cbd81d 7.1/RPMS/kernel-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm > 94b6ea108fd5436c7271ef5fc117553d 7.1/RPMS/kernel-doc-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm > b4e61a18465a1d452ef7768e3eb5bdc8 7.1/RPMS/kernel-fb-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm > 69e05cea2853440c9914d71e6cea167f > 7.1/RPMS/kernel-headers-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm > 5c1463354cb8327d515cb0ba9453ffdc 7.1/RPMS/kernel-linus-2.2.16-2mdk.i586.rpm > 8735b139e0fc71f56d9a78d5f41a38da > 7.1/RPMS/kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm > 3fa45cb921549de64677fea83d0d47bc 7.1/RPMS/kernel-secure-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm > 3aac015c1dd82951a3c4d5c8f694d2bb 7.1/RPMS/kernel-smp-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm > 3dc16da65156c7cda785fe0a80e8e546 7.1/RPMS/kernel-source-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm > fb0aba2b890edb6a238b090760abdef2 7.1/RPMS/kernel-utils-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm > 20346b180246a4695145684f07a7a979 7.1/SRPMS/kernel-2.2.16-9mdk.src.rpm > c158098babcbdc5a5235ded8adf5dc09 > 7.1/RPMS/reiserfs-utils-2.2.16_3.5.19-9mdk.i586.rpm > a22bd276a9f77ac16b87494b7880b3c3 7.1/RPMS/alsa-2.2.16_0.5.7-9mdk.i586.rpm > > Important: If you use ReiserFS, please don't forget to: > do a : mkinitrd -f --ifneeded /boot/initrd-2.2.16-9mdk 2.2.16-9mdk > in /etc/lilo.conf add: initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.16-9mdk > > - Ralph > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Romanator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 4:18 PM > Subject: [newbie] Kernel 2.2-16.9 Version #1 Thu Jun22 17:04:01mdk > > > Hi, > > > > I downloaded a newer and updated kernel 2.2-16.9 Version #1. > > Would there be any difference in performance for it to work or are they > > more or less bug fixes? > > Also, do I have to recompile to notice any performance changes, if any? > > > > Roman
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