Module Name: src
Committed By: jmmv
Date: Wed Jan 20 22:24:18 UTC 2010
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man8: afterboot.8
Log Message:
Ask the user to enable fetch_pkg_vulnerabilities in /etc/daily.conf right
after installation. Automatic changes from sysinst will come later.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.42 -r1.43 src/share/man/man8/afterboot.8
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
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Modified files:
Index: src/share/man/man8/afterboot.8
diff -u src/share/man/man8/afterboot.8:1.42 src/share/man/man8/afterboot.8:1.43
--- src/share/man/man8/afterboot.8:1.42 Sat Oct 24 12:18:05 2009
+++ src/share/man/man8/afterboot.8 Wed Jan 20 22:24:18 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: afterboot.8,v 1.42 2009/10/24 12:18:05 reed Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: afterboot.8,v 1.43 2010/01/20 22:24:18 jmmv Exp $
.\" $OpenBSD: afterboot.8,v 1.72 2002/02/22 02:02:33 miod Exp $
.\"
.\" Originally created by Marshall M. Midden -- 1997-10-20, [email protected]
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd May 18, 2009
+.Dd January 20, 2010
.Dt AFTERBOOT 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -94,6 +94,20 @@
All significant and easily fixed problems will be reported at
.Pa http://www.NetBSD.org/support/security/ .
It is recommended that you check this page regularly.
+.Pp
+Additionally, you should set
+.Dq fetch_pkg_vulnerabilities=YES
+in
+.Pa /etc/daily.conf
+to allow your system to automatically update the local database of known
+vulnerable packages to the latest version available on-line.
+The system will later check, on a daily basis, if any of your installed
+packages are vulnerable based on the contents of this database.
+See
+.Xr daily.conf 5
+and
+.Xr security.conf 5
+for more details.
.Ss Login
Login as
.Dq Ic root .
