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RE: [cobalt-users] ntpd daemon root exploit



> Red Hat have released RPMs for the ntpd root exploit can I install these
> safely on our RAQ3?  As usual cobalt have yet to release a
> security fix for
> this problem several days after it was first announced.

There is no running NTP server shipped with Cobalt products. The UI allows
time to synch via ntpdate but it isn't running any NTP server program.

[root /etc]# chkconfig --list xntpd
xntpd           0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off
[root /etc]#


alex