[RHSA-2003:073-06] Updated sendmail packages fix critical sec urity issues

[Julian Field]

I wouldn't be surprised if the RPMs do a "chkconfig sendmail on" among
other things :-(
They really should recognise they are being upgraded and not freshly
installed and therefore leave your system alone.

At 20:50 03/03/2003, you wrote:
>Thanks for that!  One little gotcha to look out for... I just upgraded the
>rpms on my Mandrake box and the postinstall script kicked off a new
>sendmail process, bypassing MailScanner (Whoops!).  Dunno if this happens
>with other packages but its worth checking!
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard, Matt [mailto:matthew.richard at COCC.COM]
> > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 9:49 AM
> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: FW: [RHSA-2003:073-06] Updated sendmail packages fix critical
> > sec urity issues
> >
> >
> > For those who have not already seen the advisory.  It appears
> > to effect
> > sendmail on many different platforms.
> >
> >
>
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