Re: [cobalt-users] Advice for a beginner

[Jacob <jacob@xxxxxxxxxx>]

As a general rule:

Keep your software as up to date as possible.  This means applying
patches as soon as possible, especially security patches.

It is also wise to apply patches in the correct order, ie from the
bottom to the top, not just picking ones that you think are relevant.

I say this is a general rule because there is the possibility that
something may break when you patch it, in that case you should research
the situation until you know what the result will be.  Using this list
is a good way of doing this, as is Google.

J.


On Thu, 2002-01-17 at 09:36, tim king wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> 
> I've just started to look after a Raq4 server - I've
> not got a lot of UNIX\Linux experience but I'm
> learning. 
> The problem is the software on the server hasn't been
> upgraded since it was bought. Not sure when that was
> but it all seems pretty old stuff.
> 
> 
> In the short term I need to upgrade PHP and get mySQL
> installed (I've got the .PGK files from
> http://pkg.nl.cobalt.com).
> 
> 
> I need to find a decent explanation of this process
> that answers questions like:
> Can I install PHP4 over the top of PHP3 or do I need
> to un-install first?
> How do I edit the php.ini file to enable mySQL
> support?
> 
> 
> In the longer term I want to know how important it is
> to get the software up to date on the server?
> I've found some updates but I'm not sure they aren't
> to new without the older ones first.
> 
> 
> I've been looking at this list for a while and I
> haven't found anything this basic - I hope this is the
> right place to ask. I've also had a good look on the
> SUN Cobalt site.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Tim King.
> 
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