[cobalt-developers] Fw: Desperate, bunk OS Patches

["William L. Thomson Jr." <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh, bye the way, since I cannot receive emails through my server, please send any replies to my
back-up email address, as well as the group. If you reply only to the group I will not see your post
until my problem is corrected.

So please send a copy of any/all responses to wlt@xxxxxxxxx


Thanks,
William L. Thomson Jr.
CEO
Obsidian-Studios Inc.
439 Amber Way
Petaluma, Ca. 94952
Phone/fax 707.766.8989
http://www.obsidian-studios.com




----- Original Message -----
From: "William L. Thomson Jr." <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Cobalt Developers Group" <cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 6:38 PM
Subject: Desperate, bunk OS Patches


> Anyone else install the following patches for the RaQ4's?
>
> Security: BIND Update 1.0.1
>
> Security: Dos Attack Update 1.0.2
>
> I did, and after when restarted the server, after being prompted by one of the installed packages,
> most ports on my server disconnect immediately after a connection attempt.  I cannot get my mail,
> ftp in any way, or telnet.  I can however use ssh to get into the server, and the server will
allow
> you to install additional software.
>
> What's up with that.  I am pretty sure it was the second, which instead of preventing DOS, it
caused
> one.
>
> Thanks Cobalt.
>
> I experienced a similar problem a while back (before I had installed ssh) after uncommenting the
> line in the inetd.conf file to start IB CS.  At the time with my limited knowledge of Linux, and
no
> way to enter the server, I had to perform an OS restore.  I do not want to do that again, since I
do
> have access via ssh to correct the problem.
>
> Although I have no clue where the problem lies?  I have viewed all DNS, HTTP, FTP, and network
> config files, and all seems well and the same as it was before.  I tried just looking at the files
> that were modified on that day, but did not come up with anything.
>
> All services are started and running, they just reject connections.
>
> Please help, of course since I have other software installed on the server, Cobalt will say I
voided
> the warranty, although what I did was not causing any problems, until I installed the new
> patch/problem.
>
> From now one, despite Cobalt's patches I am going to stick with, If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
I
> figured it was a necessary patch, if not to solve a current problem, but to prevent further
> problems.  When in fact all I did was create a problem.
>
>
> Thanks,
> William L. Thomson Jr.
> CEO
> Obsidian-Studios Inc.
> 439 Amber Way
> Petaluma, Ca. 94952
> Phone/fax 707.766.8989
> http://www.obsidian-studios.com
>