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Mac OS X 10.2.8 Update, Take Two

Posted by michael on from the do-you-feel-lucky? dept.

javaxman writes "OS X users will find Mac OS X Update version 10.2.8 is available via 'Software Update'. If you did not install the previous 10.2.8 update, the size of the new update is 40.6MB. If you installed the previous update, the size of the new update is small, ~680K... if you can connect to the network, that is. Clearly you get different downloads depending on what you did with the previous 10.2.8 update. Apple Knowledge Base article 25524 has the details. It looks very familiar. I'm installing mine right away, how about you?"

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  1. 12" PowerBook Install Success by Llywelyn · · Score: 2, Informative

    Installed the update to the update, no problems so far, will keep apprised if the situation changes.

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  2. Re:Deja Vou by ioErr · · Score: 2, Informative

    Unwilling to learn from the mistakes of others I installed the upgraded version of 10.2.8 on my eMac twenty minutes ago.

    So far, so good. The network does work, the computer is able to wake from sleep, no crashes when using the processor 100%.

  3. Just installed it... by CoolCat · · Score: 2, Informative

    .. and somehow Finder seems to be a litle more responsive on my powerbook 15"...

  4. Re:Seems to be okay this time by sergeantmudd · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yeah, freerangemac.com already has a fix for it though. Go grab version 2.1

  5. Re:OpenSSL update? by AnamanFan · · Score: 2, Informative

    Apple made their own patch fixes with-in the OpenSSL (and others), hence similar verison number.

    This link has a link to the mailing list post from Apple that states the details. To access this link, use the username and password: archives

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  6. Re:Battery life completely gone now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    I had the same problem after the first 10.2.8 and reset the power manager in my iBook (800mhz). Battery life went straight back up to 3+ hours. Try that.

  7. Re:Battery life completely gone now by Amiga+Lover · · Score: 1, Informative

    Remember when your car gets a flat tire to contact the manufacturer and ask what to do. When they laugh at you, remember to phone again and threaten legal action. Remember also to REFUSE any help from others along the same road as you. Remember to wait for weeks declaring it the manufacturers problem SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU REFUSED TO HELP YOURSELF. Remember after 3 weeks sitting on the side of the road that it's ALL the manufactuerers fault.

    I think you've forgotten the whole concept of helping yourself. Just zap the fucking ram

  8. 10.1.5? by HSpirit · · Score: 3, Informative

    The message from Apple Product Security includes advice on fixing the sendmail vulnerability on 10.1.5 - which is a very good thing - but nothing similar for OpenSSH or OpenSSL.

    Now, OK, from what I gather the sendmail bug is more serious in that the vulnerabilities in OpenSSH and OpenSSL seem to be limited to DoS, but wouldn't similar instructions to updating OpenSSH/SSL on 10.1.5 be useful?

    APPLE-SA-2003-10-03 Mac OS X 10.2.8 Revised

    ...

    How to install Sendmail for Mac OS X 10.1.5 systems:

    - - From the UNIX command-line, perform the following steps:

    1. Download sendmail version 8.12.10 which contains the fix to the
    Zalewski advisory, released on 2003/09/17, by executing the following
    command:
    curl -O ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/sendmail.8.12. 10.tar.gz

    2. Verify the integrity of this file by typing:
    cksum sendmail.8.12.10.tar.gz
    which should indicate "834313764 1892497 sendmail.8.12.10.tar.gz"

    3. Unpack the distribution as follows:
    tar xvzf sendmail.8.12.10.tar.gz

    4. Add the following line to your /etc/master.passwd file:
    smmsp:*:25:25::0:0:Sendmail User:/private/etc/mail:/usr/bin/false

    5. Add the following line to your /etc/group file:
    smmsp:*:25:

    6. Now invoke /Applications/Utilities/Netinfo Manager.app and add the
    same smmsp user and group entries to your netinfo database. The
    easiest way is to duplicate existing entries and edit them to match
    the entries in steps 4 and 5. For example, in the users pane you
    could select and the duplicate (%D) the entry for "www" and then edit
    the uid/gid/name/home directory fields in the new "www copy" to match
    those in step 4. Similarly, for groups you could select the entry for
    "mail" and duplicate it, editing just the name and gid fields to match
    those in step 5. When you're done, you should see a users/smmsp entry
    and a groups/smmsp entry.

    7. Now you're ready to start building the distribution. cd to the
    sendmail-8.12.10 directory and type "make"

    8. The next two steps will install the new sendmail:

    sudo mkdir /usr/share/man/cat1 /usr/share/man/cat5 /usr/share/man/cat8
    sudo make install

    Make sure the permissions on your root directory are 755 (or set
    DontBlameSendmail in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf) and reboot. You should
    now be running the patched sendmail.
  9. Wow, that's uncanny by RalphBNumbers · · Score: 2, Informative

    Woah, I have a Voodoo II, and an overclocked bus too...
    Something tells me this is not a coincidence.

    I guess I might as well yank the VoodooII, it's not like I can actually use it under OSX anyway. How do you even know it's not shutting down?

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