Re: questions about /var/adm/wmtp and applying patches

On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 11:46:28AM -0600, Joe Dierker wrote:
> I'm running wuftp, version 2.6.2 on Solaris 8.
> 
> I have been trying to find a definitive answer for the issue of w-ftp attempting to write to /var/adm/wtmp on Solaris 8.  I haven't found one.  Is there a preferred means to avoid filling the /var/adm/messages file with "/var/adm/wtmp No such file or directory" messages?

It's a while since I looked at this, but I believe that if you compile on
Solaris 8 with the SVR4 macro defined and NO_UTMPX undefined, then the code
should log to wtmpx instead of wtmp; presumably this would make the error
message cease.

> Also, I see that security patches are available.  Is there a doc, or a point of reference on how to apply these patches?  We don't typically use third party software in our environment, so I have limited familiarity with working with source code.  I suspect that the patches get applied to the source code and that binaries are then recreated - but I sure hate guessing.

You are correct; WU-FTPD patches are usually applied to the source files,
which would then be recompiled and relinked.

Off the top of my head, the process is something like this :-
   cd wu-ftpd-2.6.2
where wu-ftpd-2.6.2 is the directory where the WU-FTPD distribution exists.
Then, foreach patch file,
   patch -p 0 <fix.patch
where "fix.patch" is replaced by the name of the patch file you are using.
Then recompile ("build sol" or whatever).

For more information on the patch command, run "man patch".

Cheeer, Bob
> 
> Any help on either front would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Joe
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