Dear All,

Just would like to know on how to patch all neccessary security patches by strictly using the command line. And how would i know which is the best for my machine?

Thanking in advance.

Best Regards,
xYlEo

what do you actually mean by path? what distro is this? there are dozens of ways to interpret what you are asking... if you mean how to use the patch command itself, then that's what a manpage is for, outside of that then it is down to installing newer versions of affected software for each situation you find. you seem to be expecting some form of magic "make_everything_safe_please" command to generically exist... ain't gonna hapenn i'm afraid.

hi acid kewpie,

my distro is Linux 7.3 kernel 2.4.20-13.8 . All i'm concern is what are the most important or prerequisite security patches / updates that i need to apply in my box. For your info, i am running a FTP + ssh server. this is a command line base server. for your info, i m new to this linux..

thank you for ur feedback.

running an obselete distro is never a good way to keep things up to date, but redhat release updates for specific patches and back date patches to odler architecture when they see fit. there are the redhat legacy proejcts that will keep old versions of redhat updated, but generally you really want to get somethign newer if you are worried, as rh73 is what... 6 years old now?

xyleo, you need to post and give as much info as possible, you need to read the rules, thats why some people may get upset when n00bs come in and post saying "Help me!" and everyone wonders "what the hell were they thinking?"

Always search the forum/google the net for your linux question, as most likely its been asked and answered over and over again.

In regards to your post, if this is a production server, look for a temp server to handle your traffic (if its in house) while you rebuild / or build a new box with the setup you want. I have found debian/ubuntu distros to be quite nice with 'apt-get' as compared to redhat, then again I've only tried a couple distros, so my view is a tad limited.

thanx a lot guys for your favaourable response