Re: [ilugd] upgrading kernel and installing security patches

2003-08-21 Thread Alok Sinha
Puneet, A short cut to upgrade linux kernel would be to simply go to RH site and download the laest kernel rpm. The command is as simple as installing any other rpm. I beleive there are three kernel releases for rh 9.0. However, before you do that, you need to know why are you upgrading . and

[ilugd] upgrading kernel and installing security patches

2003-08-19 Thread Puneet
Hi all !! I am just a beginner in Linux environment.Pleas tell me how can i upgrade my kernel and install patches that are released by redhat and others.Currently I am using RHL 9.0and please tell me does netbsd has any advantages over it as I have heard that netbsd is 'Unix-Type'

Re: [ilugd] upgrading kernel and installing security patches

2003-08-19 Thread Arindam Dey
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 07:04, Puneet thus hollered from the rooftop: Hi all !! I am just a beginner in Linux environment.Pleas tell me how can i upgrade my kernel and install patches that are released by redhat and others. Currently I am using RHL 9.0 If you are using RedHat and

Re: [ilugd] upgrading kernel and installing security patches

2003-08-19 Thread Robins Tharakan
One more thinghow can I disable the ping face a lot of scanning related to open ports and security holes. Oh!! you need a good secure system!! good you came into unix'es ;) i mean the way you put it, what are you on a .mil site ? ;) lol affly robins