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Mac OS X 10.2.5 Update Available 147

jarrettwold2002 writes "ThinkSecret mentioned that 10.2.5 would be out this month; well, it's out much sooner than the usual end of the month dates that Apple loves. It might be available via Software Update later today or tomorrow, but is available for purchase on CD via the Apple Store, right now. 'The 10.2.5 Update delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for the following applications, utilities, services, and technologies: Address Book, AirPort, AppleScript, Bluetooth, Classic compatibility, Disk Copy, Disk Utility, Finder, Help Viewer, iChat, Image Capture, IP Firewall, Kerberos, Mail, OpenGL, Print Center, Rendezvous, and Sherlock.'" The release notes are not yet available. Update: 04/10 23:09 GMT by P : It is now available via Software Update, too.
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Mac OS X 10.2.5 Update Available

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  • Whoa... (Score:2, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward
    That's new... an *intentional* link to a nonexistant page...
    • Re:Whoa... (Score:1, Interesting)

      by Anonymous Coward
      If the release notes are not done, then I wonder how well tested the release will be? Considering the past, I'll wait...
    • Re:Whoa... (Score:2, Interesting)

      by shamino0 ( 551710 )
      The Software Updates utility links to the page. Obviously, the script/user who made the update available hadn't yet put the release notes in place at the time the article was written.

      It's there now, however.

  • by thunderbird46 ( 315436 ) on Thursday April 10, 2003 @10:51AM (#5702273) Homepage Journal
    Some (Dual USB) iBook users are having battery problems with 10.2.4 -- seems 10.2.4 messes up something in the power management so that when running unplugged the machine'll run till some arbitrary level of charge remaining (from 50%-90% of capacity left) and then suddenly go into sleep. Plugging the machine in starts the battery charging from 0%. Here's hoping 10.2.5 addresses that.
  • by Pirogoeth ( 662083 ) <mailbox.ikrug@com> on Thursday April 10, 2003 @10:55AM (#5702305) Homepage Journal

    Here's the release notes from 10.2.4:

    The 10.2.4 Update delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for the following applications, utilities, services, and technologies: Address Book, AppleScript, Classic compatibility, Disk Copy, Disk Utility, Finder, Help Viewer, iChat, Image Capture, IP Firewall, Kerberos, Mail, OpenGL, Print Center, Rendezvous, and Sherlock. It provides audio, disc recording, graphics, printing improvements, AFP and WebDAV networking and Windows file service improvements, as well as USB, FireWire and SCSI device compatibility enhancements. The update also provides updated security services and includes the latest Security Updates.

    Looks pretty similar...

    • Nope, it's the real thing. The CD was just added *above* the recently announced FCP4 full version and upgrade. Go check it out:

      store.apple.com
      • I'm sure it's not a typo here. My point is, it might be a typo on Apple's site. Here's what they have as the note on the Apple Store site:

        The 10.2.5 Update delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for the following applications, utilities, services, and technologies: Address Book, AirPort, AppleScript, Bluetooth, Classic compatibility, Disk Copy, Disk Utility, Finder, Help Viewer, iChat, Image Capture, IP Firewall, Kerberos, Mail, OpenGL, Print Center, Rendezvous, and Sherlock.

        The update i

    • by NaugaHunter ( 639364 ) on Thursday April 10, 2003 @02:22PM (#5704374)
      The specific 10.2.5 changes are here [apple.com].
    • Re:Is this a typo? (Score:5, Informative)

      by dankow ( 462225 ) <dankow@@@mac...com> on Thursday April 10, 2003 @02:27PM (#5704410) Homepage
      Looks pretty similar...


      That's because this is a combo installer, and those are all the changes since 10.2. Read the link, and you'll find out that there's a page that lists the 10.2.5 changes separately.

    • Re:Is this a typo? (Score:3, Informative)

      by Halo1 ( 136547 )
      Although the web document doesn't mention it, if you look at the contents of the update (lsbom MacOSXUpdate10.2.5.pkg/Contents/Archive.bom), you'll see that all those components are indeed updated (again). And I'm sure I don't have the combo-updater, since I've already got 10.2.4 installed and the update is "only" 40MB.
  • Airport Fixes? (Score:5, Informative)

    by peterdaly ( 123554 ) <petedaly@ix[ ]tcom.com ['.ne' in gap]> on Thursday April 10, 2003 @11:01AM (#5702361)
    I hope this update will make my 12" TiBook with Airport Extream stop crashing my Linksys Wireless access point.

    That is really a problem for me.

    -Pete
    • Re:Airport Fixes? (Score:3, Insightful)

      by sporty ( 27564 )
      Isn't this a Linksys problem if it crashes due to errant traffic? You may wanna talk to them about this, incase someone with 10.2.4 lives next door :)
      • Re:Airport Fixes? (Score:3, Interesting)

        by baryon351 ( 626717 )
        That would make sense to me too.

        I once worked at a place that had banned macs from the network, as the mac Novell client could login with many extra write permissions over most drives it shouldn't have been able to log in to, and could quite easily have screwed things up badly.

        Of course, blaming the macs for having a 'buggy client' was the easy solution, instead of finding why the server actually allowed this to happen :P
      • Re:Airport Fixes? (Score:5, Interesting)

        by phyxeld ( 558628 ) <phyx@@@lostinthenoise...net> on Thursday April 10, 2003 @04:30PM (#5705582) Journal
        Linksys definitely has a problem if rogue clients can crash their APs, but Mac OS X boxes really do do some weird wifi stuff. Quite often, when my airport card is on, linux users nearby who are on their consoles see a constant stream of kernel messages about "undersized frames". If I turn off my airport, it stops. I've seen a few macs do this, with a few different linux boxes. The common factor between the linux boxes is that they all were running (or had recently been running) in RF_MON mode. In any case, it only happens sometimes, and it's definitely caused by the presence of airport-enabled macs. Quite strange.

        There are a lot of oddities I'm really hoping this update will fix. Among them, the sometimes-forgetting to ask for my encrypted disk password upon waking from sleep: If it doesn't ask, the disk just hangs, and the machine has to be rebooted. I really hope thats fixed. Currently I have to remember to hdiutil detach -force disk1 (or whatever df shows the volume mounted as) before I close the lid, if I don't want to risk crashing.

        I can't seem to find the standalone combo update for download yet. The update is in Software Update, but I usually like to download the 10.2.x combo updater, so I can keep it with my 10.2 disks for later use. Tried guessing links from previous updates, but no luck. Anybody got a link to the combo update yet?
      • "Wait till they get a load of me!" -- Joker, Batman the Movie

        I thought Peter North said that.

    • Really? Any sources for this? We just bought two netgear access points and they kept hanging up. Wonder if it's related (since I've been occasionally using it with a 12" PB with AE card...)
    • Re:Airport Fixes? (Score:2, Informative)

      by anwnn ( 246920 )
      I just troubleshot my Airport Extreme 12" TiBook with a Linksys 4-port Wireless router. It was dropping packets like crazy, even within 5 feet of the router.

      I then switched the router to channel 11, and can report great success. Give it a shot.
    • You have a 12" TiBook? Jesus, I didn't know they made those. I was under the impression that Apple only made 12" Aluminum PowerBooks [apple.com].
  • Bluetooth update? (Score:5, Interesting)

    by davesag ( 140186 ) on Thursday April 10, 2003 @11:01AM (#5702363) Homepage
    I wonder if I'll finally be able to use my mac as a virtual bluetooth headset. i mean i love being able to dial, send sms messages and answer the phone from my mac but then i have to go into the other room and find my phone to actually talk to anyone. It would be much more awesome to just click answer and then speak/listen, and to be able to use the voice activatable functions in the phone etc. Then my phone can stay in its drawer where it belongs until it's walkies time.
    • I think you should write the program that relays your cellphone's blue tooth headset data to your mac, then to your headset! YOU CAN DO IT CAPTAIN!
    • Looks like this updates Bluetooth Microsoft keyboard and mouse.
    • fuck that, i want the same functionality MS cardfile did for me in windows 3.1 - dial the number for me. huzzah for "large type" in the address book, but it's not particularly damn difficult to put the capability to dial that phone number for me and put me on speaker phone. so long as i have a modem, i want this capability. i'll pick up on handset if the need arises, but what i'd give for a freeware solution or actual apple software to do this....
      • the address book will dial the phone and answer the phone, just not let you talk on the phone.
        • cardfile? or address book? i double checked and can't find anything that will let you dial or awnser the phone in 10.2.x
          • Address book. It works fine for me. Person calls, a window pops up saying "blah blah calling... " shows the number and asks if i want to answer the call or not. to dial just click and hold on the number in the address book and voila, the options include "large type", "SMS message", or "dial". This does of course presume you have a bluetooth phone and it's been paired to your Mac.
    • It would be much more awesome to just click answer and then speak/listen, and to be able to use the voice activatable functions in the phone etc.
      So, you want to squeeze full-duplex audio through what is essentially a low-bandwidth data path?

      • why not? the bluetooth headsets do, the phone itself pushes audio both ways through an even lower width pipe; the GSM network.

        nothing is impossible except skiing through a revolving door.

  • I am currently able to access the update via Software Update
  • Just popped up on software update. Link to doc is Here [apple.com]
  • SU has found the update and is installing now. the Kbase doc is up too: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=254 06 -- Say yay for Karma
  • The update states: Bluetooth Setup Assistant now works with certain Microsoft keyboards and mouse devices Does that mean we can use a bluetooth mouse and keyboard now? As far as I know, this was not supported before.
    • If so, I'm likely to go out and buy an MS Bluetooth mouse. It looks cool but I was disappointed to find out that it is not compatible with my nice new 12" Powerbook!
  • by carou ( 88501 ) on Thursday April 10, 2003 @02:23PM (#5704385) Homepage Journal
    It's downloading as I type. And I'm glad to see in the release notes:
    Addresses an issue in which the date may unexpectedly be set to 1969 or 1970 during startup.

  • Free Space "needed" (Score:2, Interesting)

    by marklark ( 39287 )
    It might just be me... But Software Update told me that I needed "499MB" of free space to do the installation.

    I started cleaning out some chaff from the disk and wasn't finding enough, so I started digging around in the internals of the .pkg (looking for the Perl script that checks such things) - to no avail.

    So... After downloading it to the Desktop and starting it up, it tells me that I only need "163MB" of space.

    Cool. On I go.
  • by Anonymous Coward
    With Audigy/Extigy support rumored for some time now, is anyone able to report back on whether 10.2.5 has improved on this?

    IIRC, previous versions had very basic support for the Extigy, and no support for the Audigy at all.
    • Audigy/Extigy aren't the only two audio devices I hoped they'd support. I've been bugging Apple for awhile now about adding Edirol USB support. I don't understand it. The products aren't new, and they worked under OS 9. But with OS X they crackle every time audio starts/stops.

      I read the list of changes for 10.2.5 beta, and "improved audio support" was mentioned. Now 10.2.5 is final, and they took it out. Maybe it's been postponed.

  • You can get it now at Software Update in System Preferences, or if you rae feeling kicky download the stand-alone installer at:

    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=1 20 210
  • by dynayellow ( 106690 ) on Thursday April 10, 2003 @04:14PM (#5705431)
    Bluetooth Setup Assistant now works with certain Microsoft keyboards and mouse devices.
    Includes Bluetooth support for Nokia 7650 and P800 phones.
    Improves compatibility for discs burned with certain Panasonic consumer burners.
    Adds Image Capture support for Canon EOS 10D, ZR65, and ZR 70 cameras.
    Adds disc burning support for several device-LaCie d2 DVD Multi U&I Drive and d2 CD-RW 52x24x52x, Visual Frontier COHH-B1-A48 and COSP-B1-C24, MacPower Cold Chisel 24x12x24x8x, and these BUSlink devices: FW5252FM FireWire 52x24x52x CD-RW drive, FW4848FM FireWire 48x12x48x CD-RW Drive, RW4040FM FireWire 40x12x40 CD-RW Drive.
    Addresses an issue in which domain name lookups could fail if the DNS server responded with a very large reply packet.
    Improves the way that LDAPv3 connections time out when idle.
    Addresses a potential data loss issue that could occur when copying certain files to an SMB volume.
    Addresses issues with Internet Sharing when certain types of DSL or cable modem connections are shared.
    Improves security by resolving an issue in which a guest could gain read access to the contents of a shared Drop Box folder remotely.
    The Internet preference pane can now store .Mac passwords that are up to 32 characters long.
    Addresses an issue in which some Apple internal modems could not establish or maintain a connection to certain Scandinavian Internet service providers
    Improves Mail's selection of character encoding for messages sent in these languages: Arabic, Bulgarian, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian.
    Improves Mail responsiveness for accounts configured with multiple POP servers, when the servers are unavailable.
    Addresses an issue in which an application could unexpectedly quit when printing, if /tmp was missing or unavailable.
    Addresses an issue in which a damaged GIF file, such as a Web site graphic, could cause an application to unexpectedly quit.
    Addresses an issue in which certain PICT graphics could not be displayed.
    Addresses an issue in which the date may unexpectedly be set to 1969 or 1970 during startup.
    Addresses an issue when using the Hanin input method for Traditional Chinese in which Carbon applications could unexpectedly quit if a modifier key (such as Control) was pressed when no text insertion point was available.
    Addresses an issue in which Classic fails to start ("Error 1016") when applications available to a non-Admin user are restricted.
    Addresses an issue in which the Classic environment could become unresponsive after placing a Classic application's save confirmation dialog box in the background.
    Addresses an issue in which using the Command-Option-Shift-Q key command would immediately quit the Classic environment.
    Improves the reliability of AppleEvents traffic (inter-application communication) between software running in the Classic environment and native Mac OS X; addresses an issue in which a user might not be able to logout after using a Mac OS 9 version of America Online (AOL).

    • Improves Mail's selection of character encoding for messages sent in these languages: Arabic, Bulgarian, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian.

      all well and good but it has not added Greece, Russia Thailand, Bulgaria or the Ukraine to the Address Book's list of Address Formats. This is such a pain as lots of people in my address book are in those countries, and I am pretty sure that MapQuest supports those countries. ahh well perhaps in 10.3.

  • I'm not really wanting to go out of my way to test this, but does anybody know if the system hang from an inaccessible mounted SMB volume has been fixed? This bug has been around for a long time now...surely it can't be that hard to issue a timeout?!?
    • Re:SMB Hangs (Score:2, Informative)

      by trouser ( 149900 )
      I've seen this with SMB and AFP (TCP/IP and AppleTalk) shares. I think it's a Carbon lib problem. Finder is, incomprehensibly, written using Carbon and therefore has problems understanding things like Unix file permissions and networks. So we may be waiting for a new Cocoa Finder before this problem goes away.
    • I've had this problem before too (it is damn embarrasing when you are trying to show off your Powerbook and realize you forgot to unmount your network drives before you put the machine to sleep! I usually have to reboot, even a force quit of the finder doesn't work..)

      I just tried it again after 10.2.5, and now it gave me a beachball for 10-15 seconds, unmounted the disk, and gave me the control of the finder back. I tried it with an appleshare disk too, that one did the same old "beachball of death" thoug
      • Well, I spoke too soon. While the Finder removed the disk from the desktop when it became unavailable, it still had an entry in the automount /Volumes folder. As soon as I tried to open a terminal window the whole system went to hell. I had to make the disk available again, unmount the disk in the terminal and rmdir the folder it left in the /Volumes dir to get things working right again. Urrgh.
        • Same here.

          However, this has the (benefit?) that if the share re-appears on the network, it automatically shows up on the Desktop.

          This behaviour should probably be configurable, otherwise it's going to pi$$ people off.

          re: the Carbon Finder - as the rest of the OS is improving, the Finder's looking weaker by comparison. That being said, it has improved somewhat. Just not enough ;)

          Still, let's see what Panther brings. I think at this late stage, Apple are well aware of the Finder's technical and usabili
  • by Anonymous Coward

    I have a TiBook within 30 minutes my computer froze twice... which had never happened before in the past year I have been using Mac os X
    • My desktop keeps giving kernal panics, even if I just let it sit there w/out logging in. If I loggin, I get a few minutes of normal activity before *panic* -- I'm at a bit of a loss...
  • by netsrek ( 76063 ) on Thursday April 10, 2003 @05:05PM (#5705837) Homepage
    According to a vulnerability report release by @Stake [atstake.com], this fixes a serious security hole.

    http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a0 41003-1.txt [atstake.com]


    Overview:

    DirectoryServices is part of the MacOS X information and authentication subsystem. It is launched at startup, setuid root and installed by default. It is vulnerable to several attacks ultimately allowing a local user to obtain root privileges.


    Details:

    During the startup of DirectoryService, the application creates a lock file by executing the touch(1) UNIX command. It executes touch through the system() libc function. This function is inherently insecure and its use is strongly discouraged in privileged applications.
    Since this call to system() does not specify a full path to the touch(1) command, it is possible for an attacker to modify the PATH environment variable to specify a directory containing her own version of the touch(1) command. In this instance, this would cause DirectoryService to execute arbitrary commands as root.

    In order for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability, they must first cause DirectoryServices to terminate. This can be done by simply connecting to port 625 repeatedly using an automated program.
    • From the apple security mailing:

      Mac OS X 10.2.5 is now available. It contains fixes for recent
      vulnerabilities in:

      Apache 2.0: Fixes CAN-2003-0132, a denial of service vulnerability in
      Apache 2.0 versions through 2.0.44. Apache 2.0 is distributed only
      with Mac OS X Server, and is not enabled by default.

      Directory Services: Fixes CAN-2003-0171 DirectoryServices Privilege
      Escalation and DoS Attack. DirectoryServices is part of the Mac OS
      X and Mac OS X Server information services subsyste
  • by presearch ( 214913 ) on Thursday April 10, 2003 @05:22PM (#5705963)
    In my game tranquility [tqworld.com], I'm seeinga solid 10% increase in frame rate. Very nice Apple! Thanks.
  • by Rouxfus ( 567556 ) on Thursday April 10, 2003 @05:55PM (#5706175)
    This information was distributed on Apple's security-announce mailing list:

    Mac OS X 10.2.5 is now available. It contains fixes for recent vulnerabilities in:

    1. Apache 2.0: Fixes CAN-2003-0132, a denial of service vulnerability in Apache 2.0 versions through 2.0.44. Apache 2.0 is distributed only with Mac OS X Server, and is not enabled by default.

      Directory Services: Fixes CAN-2003-0171 DirectoryServices Privilege Escalation and DoS Attack. DirectoryServices is part of the Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server information services subsystem. It is launched at startup, setuid root and installed by default. It is possible for a local attacker to modify an environment variable that would allow the execution of arbitrary commands as root. Credit to Dave G. from @stake, Inc. for the discovery of this vulnerability.

      File Sharing/Service: Fixes CAN-2003-0198 where the contents of the write-only DropBox folder can be revealed. When enabled, Personal File Sharing on Mac OS X or Apple File Service on Mac OS X Server, a "DropBox" folder is available by default to allow people to deposit files. This update no longer allows the permissions of the "DropBox" folder to be changed by a guest.

      OpenSSL: Fixes CAN-2003-0131 Klima-Pokorny-Rosa attack on PKCS #1 v1.5 padding. The patch from the OpenSSL team, which addresses this vulnerability, is applied to Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server.

      Samba: Fixes CAN-2003-0201 which could allow an anonymous user to gain remote root access due to a buffer overflow. The built-in Windows file sharing is based on the open source technology called Samba and is off by default in Mac OS X.

      sendmail: Fixes CAN-2003-0161, where address parsing code in sendmail does not adequately check the length of email addresses. Only the patch from the sendmail team is applied to the currently-shipping version of sendmail in Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server.


    System requirements: Mac OS X 10.2.x (Jaguar)

    Mac OS X 10.2.5 may be obtained from:
    1. Software Update pane in System Preferences
    2. Apple's Software Downloads web site:

    3. Updating from Mac OS X 10.2.4:
      http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n120210 [apple.com]
      The download file is titled: MacOSXUpdate10.2.5.dmg
      Its SHA-1 digest is: 1f98f9a21c3f17be823e2d63d90e534df01b3fdf

      Updating from Mac OS X 10.2 through 10.2.3:
      http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n120211 [apple.com]
      The download file is titled: MacOSXUpdateCombo10.2.5.dmg
      Its SHA-1 digest is: a8ed6287d5bd0bdf67a2c0fd97b3af810f178d21

    Information will also be posted to the Apple Product Security web site:
    http://www.apple.com/support/security/security_upd ates.html [apple.com]

    This message is signed with Apple's Product Security PGP key, and details are available at:
    http://www.apple.com/support/security/security_pgp .html [apple.com]

  • WiFi woes... (Score:3, Informative)

    by saitoh ( 589746 ) on Thursday April 10, 2003 @06:27PM (#5706367) Homepage
    Like someone stated earlier, I hope Apple works on their wireless stuff (or hell, networking in general). Throwing karma into the wind, I installed an airport card, and 10.2.0 all at the same time (hey, save uptime ^_^), but upon booting and waking up, it would no longer do DHCP for ethernet. It would connect if I was plugging the cord in, but not if it was plugged in prior to starting the system or waking up. I was miffed for a month or two and finally gave up and did a complete re-install of the system. Didnt help, so after another month, I removed the card, but it didnt solve the issue...

    I've seen a few other people have this problem, but nothing widespread. Hoping someday, it will be solved... Kinda like that Scandanavian ISP thingy.

    Note, if you have any hints on this, please let me know, thank you.
    • Try running the Disk Utility and Repair Privileges. It could be that you have a faulty install CD which is setting privs incorrectly and not allowing the rc script to start up your Ethernet on boot.

      Some different info is here [macosxhints.com]

      Have you updated with any of the post 10.2 updates?

      Your problem may be fixed in 10.2.1 or later...

  • I just updated and I'm restoring my mp3 archive from CDs and the copies keep stalling about 200mb into it.

    I'm about to try to copy everything from the terminal...

    anyone else having any problems like this?
  • by Anonymous Coward
    Safari v71 with this upgrade makes browsing the net a dream for an iBook user (600mhz) (2-sec page loads)...thank you Apple!!!. I can just imagine what its like for Mac users with a G4.

  • I wish they would fix the problem with printing from Adobe to Linux CUPS queues. It produces a PICT/PS format- PICT w/ embedded PS - data stream that only the OS X cups filter can handle (pictpwtops filter).

    Send this to a Linux CUPS broadcast queue and it goes in the bit bucket or starts spewing garbage.

    "Just Works" my derriere.
    Only Apple could take an open printing system and make it proprietary.
    • You give Microsoft too little credit!
    • The problem is not Apple's fault. It is not the CUPS people's fault, either. It mainly lies with the application developers of Carbon CFM programs. Here's the short answer:

      CUPS 1.1.18 process jobs using filters; when the pictwpstops filter recieves a job, it looks for a Document Structuring Convention (DSC) -- a standard established by Adobe. Adobe themselves do not use that standard on all their applications. That declaration will spell out in the outputted PS what part is in binary and what part is
  • by webdev ( 605160 )
    There's a new phone on the market called P800 from sonyericsson. It's pretty cool, it does have bluetooth support (as you're aware of since 10.2.4) -but it also has these other applications called Calendar and Messages. You should check these out too. I think these two apps would go great together with iSync.
  • by speechpoet ( 562513 ) on Friday April 11, 2003 @02:46AM (#5708770) Homepage Journal
    My PowerBook's still a WallStreet.
  • After upgrading to 10.2.5. you can open the Directory Access app and see that it now has an option to configure NIS. Nice.
  • Fix? (Score:4, Funny)

    by sulli ( 195030 ) on Friday April 11, 2003 @01:07PM (#5712020) Journal
    I am still hoping for the following fix:

    Mail: Corrects problem in which Mail is REALLY FUCKING SLOW

    I can hope, yes?


  • WINS remains broken. OS X Samba can't browse across a router. At least it not longer has that annoying behavior where you can only browse the WINS server itself.
  • 10.2.5 killed my virtualhosts. It commented stuff out in my httpd.conf without making a backup. I fixed the conf and bounced the daemon, still no dice. It'll host stuff up from the default directory if I surf there via IP, but not by domain name. I checked my DNS box too, everything's just peachy there (linux x86) so it's not a resolving issue.

    This blows. I use vhosts for work.
    • after uncommenting the vhosts modules, bouncing the daemon doesn't do the trick. I rebooted and it's all swell now.

      php, perl, ssl and other mods are commented out by the installer (both load and add). I uncommented php4 before the reboot and it's still not working though, so this might not be a global fix for all non-functioning modules.

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