Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-11:05.unix

On 10/1/11 12:10 AM, Mike Brown wrote:
Eitan Adler wrote:
do I reboot for this one, or not?
The kernel is changed, so yes.

Thanks. I had guessed a reboot was needed, but the advisory only mentioned a
reboot in the context of building the kernel from sources. Hopefully, when a
reboot is required, future advisories will mention it in the freebsd-update(8)
instructions.

They normally do for these cases, but please keep in mind that the
security officer had issued three consecutive security advisories.
Unfortunately, he's only human, too. :-)

--
Glen Barber
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