Linux Kernel 2.6.8 Released. Oh wait, it's 2.6.8.1

Gleng writes "The latest Linux Kernel, 2.6.8 has been released. The changelog is here. Don't download that though! A follow up to patch it to version 2.6.8.1 has been released, which fixes an NFS client bug in 2.6.8. The mini-changelog is here."

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Quote from Linus (Re:First kernel...)

[blwrd]

On Sat, 14 Aug 2004, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

>>
>> Cane we make this 2.6.9 to avoid breaking all kinds of scripts
>> expecting
>> three-digit kernel versions?

Well, we've been discussing the 2.6.x.y format for a while, so I see
this
as an opportunity to actually do it... Will it break automated scripts?
Maybe. But on the other hand, we'll never even find out unless we try it
some time.

Linus

Re:Quote from Linus (Re:First kernel...)

[spitefulcrow]

What about people using RC versions? Or kernel sources patched by distribution vendors that have a dozen things in the extra version (linux-2.6.7-gentoo-r11, etc.)

Re:NFS should be declared illegal anyways

[Anonymous Coward]

easy to hack if you don't setup the rest of your system wisely. I've seen an entire university running NFS without a single problem for years.

Go checkout the Unix Admin Handbook... it was written by some very sharp IT *nix admins at the University of Colorado and other places. One of the best IT books I've ever read. CU is running NFS in all of it's computer labs, it's also running SSH, keycoded doors and remote admining (pushing config files across multiple platforms and OSes) without a single hitch. If you want to see how to do *nix admining right, to the point where the securities in NFS become irrelevant, go check out those guys...

p.s., off-topic this if you want.