Slackware Linux 8.0 - Security Patches This directory contains patched binary packages and the source used to create them. All packages here refer to specific security problems with this release of Slackware. To apply a patch to your system, follow these steps: 1) Download the necessary package and the package_descriptions file. 2) Backup any configuration files that the package might overwrite. To see what's in a package, use the "tar -tvzf" command on the package. 3) Drop the machine into single user mode using "telinit 1". Make sure you're at the console, as single user mode will drop any network connections. NOTE: Some packages don't require you to be in runlevel 1, but it's generally a safe measure to go to single user for all packages. 4) Use upgradepkg to apply the patch to the system: /sbin/upgradepkg For example, to apply a new glibcso.tgz patch to the system, use this command: /sbin/upgradepkg glibcso 5) Go back into runlevel 3 (or 4, if were using that) using the "telinit 3" command. You may also want to reboot after applying a patch, but that's generally not necessary. 6) If everything is fine, you may remove the patch and description files that you downloaded.