Re: [cobalt-users] Where to get .pkg for RaQ4??

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 03 Apr 2002, N|ghtHawk wrote:
> >> * NOTICE TO ROOT USER: Changes to system files may affect       *
> >> * your warranty. Please consult your warranty card for details. *
> >
> >"may affect" doesn't mean they're automatically going to void your
> >warranty.
> 
> 
> Well, what if I install a patch from another source of SUN and it
> makes the Cobalt go down. This means a problemn for me, because I
> can't get to the Cobalt to look at it myself, I only have remote
> access to it. If there are serious problems with it I think SUN must
> fix it, but because something that isn't theirs caused it, they will
> not do it under warranty I think.
> 
> I aint the owner of the server I am talking about, I am just someone
> who is hired to do some security on it. The owner himself wil not know
> what to do if something happens which I can't fix.
> 
> Anyone have any thoughts about what is best to do for me?

Use the prescribed security patches, But get your client to sign a disclaimer.

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