Re: [cobalt-users] 15959.pkg (PHP & Postgresql sec. patches) whacked my httpd

["Ken Marcus - Precision Web Hosting" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Paul Warner" <pwarner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "Cobalt Users" <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 8:25 PM
> > Subject: [cobalt-users] 15959.pkg (PHP & Postgresql sec. patches)
whacked
> my
> > httpd
> >
> >
> > > I just tried the Sun update RaQ4-All-Security-2.0.1-15959.pkg
and my
> main
> > > httpd won't restart.
> > >
> > > Manually kicking yields the following tidbit:
> > > Setting up Web Service: Syntax error on line 58 of
> > > /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
> > > Cannot load /etc/httpd/modules/libphp4.so into server:
libgd.so.1:
> cannot
> > > open shared object file: No such file or directory
> > >
> > > I'm guessing that my pkgmaster PHP 4.1.2-3 does not agree with
this
> load.
> > > Anyone know if I can unload the Sun/Cobalt update and be OK?
Will it do
> > > more damage?  Should I re-install the pkgmaster?
> > >
> > > Description on fixes from Sun is:
> > > This package addresses several issues with PHP and postgresql.
Two PHP
> > bugs
> > > have been fixed; the first is arbitrary command execution via
the 5th
> > > parameter of mail() and the second is URL redirection using
fopen(). In
> > > Postgresql, multiple buffer overruns have been recently
identified and
> > > patched. In addition, Postgresql debugging is now disabled by
default.
> > >
> >
> > If I understand you right, you should have removed the pkgmaster
4.1.2-3
> > before adding the Sun patch. Search the archive and there's more
> information
> > on it.
> >
> > To fix what you have now, I think people have uninstalled the
pkgmaster
> > 4.1.2-3, reinstalled the Sun patch and then reinstalled the
pkgmaster
> > 4.1.2-3. Or, you may have to start off by installing the pkgmaster
> 4.1.2-3,
> > and then uninstalling it and work from there.
> >
> > Rich
> > EBS
> >
>
> I uninstalled the Sun patch, then the pkgmaster, then re-installed
the Sun,
> then re-installed the pkgmaster <whew>.  Thanks!
>
Or, you could just use the package from the url below and skip the
uninstalling steps:
http://www.solarspeed.net/downloads/index.php


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Ken Marcus
Precision Web Hosting
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