Applying Patches on Redhat

[netwalker1]

Dear All :
how can I apply patches on Linux ?

I have this patch for example :

--- wu-ftpd-2.6.2-orig/src/ftpd.c Thu Nov 29 17:56:11 2001
+++ wu-ftpd-2.6.2/src/ftpd.c Thu Jan 22 13:38:33 2004
@@ -1662,9 +1662,9 @@
/* Display s/key challenge where appropriate. */

if (pwd == NULL || skeychallenge(&skey, pwd->pw_name, sbuf))
- sprintf(buf, "Password required for %s.", name);
+ snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf)-1, "Password required for %s.", name);
else
- sprintf(buf, "%s %s for %s.", sbuf,
+ snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf)-1, "%s %s for %s.", sbuf,
pwok ? "allowed" : "required", name);
return (buf);
}



what should I do ?

Mohamed Farid
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[BocaBurger]

Which Linux?



BocaBurger
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[netwalker1]

redhat Advanced Server 2.1

Mohamed Farid
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[jstreich]

Fedora Core or RHEL?
Fedora Core uses yum/yume to manage packages, and should be the way you patch the system.

RHEL uses Red Hat network, and notify you when there is a critical update. If in doubt, run up2date from a terminal.

If the software was compiled locally, and not installed as a package, then edit the file:

wu-ftpd-2.6.2-orig/src/ftpd.c

And remove the lines with -, and add the lines with + on lines, and recompile. Or just grab a patched version of ftpd.c and recompile, which is the easier route.

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[netwalker1]

from where can I get the patched version ?

Mohamed Farid
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[BocaBurger]

From RedHat?



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[mbrooks]

If you are using RedHat and REALLY find the need to patch wu-ftp before an RPM update is available. Download the .SRC of the wu-ftp, install the proper patch to the source, and rebuild the package as an .RPM using rpmbuild.

M. Brooks

http://mbrooks.info