Re: [cobalt-developers] raq550 mfg hook

["Paul Aviles" <paul.aviles@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yep, the file is there and I believe the OS was used from a custom CD.. I
have so many restore CDs that I am not sure...

Thanks for the info!!!

Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lyle Scheer" <lyle.scheer@xxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <steveb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] raq550 mfg hook


> Hi Paul,
>
> That snippet of code would be because of me.  Originally used for
> manufacturing testing, these days we use this little code hook to mount
> a directory on the server and run a script that is used to load patches
> onto the machine at the end of the build process.  If the process works
> correctly, the hook should be removed at the end of the process.
> Originally, the snippet of code was in the /etc/rc.d/rc.local script,
> but for later appliances, I didn't want to leave a potential security
> exploit around (mount a server and run a script... if you can be that
> server and that script, then you're right in the boot sequence as
> root).  So for later appliances, I created a file
> "/etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S98__DELETE_ME___"
> That this script is still on your system indicates that perhaps the
> patch load process did not complete as it was never cleaned up.
> What you can do is look for the delete me startup script and delete it.
> What Gerald said is probably likely... it was from an OS restore, and I
> suspect that either it was a custom os restore that didn't fully work,
> or the restore got interrupted during the patch loading.
>
> - Lyle
>
>
> On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 06:59, Paul Aviles wrote:
> > Steve, this is on a Raq 550... any issues or just ignore it?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > --
> > Paul Aviles
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> >
> > ---------- Original Message -----------
> > From: Steve Bonisteel <steveb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 09:36:46 -0400
> > Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] raq550 mfg hook
> >
> > > At 09:11 AM 10/9/2003, Paul wrote:
> > >
> > > >That shows up just before the unit finishes starting up and
> > > >displaying the
> > > >hostname/ip address in the LCD panel.
> > >
> > > Previous Cobalt devices had alternate start-up scripts/utilities
> > > that I suppose were used by the manufacturer for testing. This
> > > snippet from one such script uses the terms "hook" and "MFG tests":
> > >
> > > # Hook for manufacturing... customers seeing this comment should copy
> > > # rc.local.master to rc.local
> > >
> > > MFG=`/bin/hostname | /usr/bin/cut -d. -f2-`
> > > if [ $MFG = "mfg.cobaltmicro.com" ]; then
> > >          /sbin/stoplcd
> > >          /sbin/writelcd "Running MFG" "tests..."
> > >          /bin/mount tester:/test_dir /mnt
> > >          /mnt/run_tests
> > > fi
> > >
> > > -- 
> > > Steve Bonisteel
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