new kernel config file to allow for mount usbdevfs and large routing tables
2.4.18 kernel now patched with grsecurity 1.9.5 and customized configuration
shorewall updated to version 1.3.9b
tinylogin updated to version 1.2
ifupdown updated to version 0.6.4.4. New options allow to setup mtu, hwaddress and label for a given interface
tc.lrp package removed from the Bering
floppy to the Bering packages download area
iptables now provided as an iptables.lrp
package to ease updates
wtmp now generated in /var/log.
last command now works OK.
/usr/bin/savelog fixed - gzip now works for
log files
change group from adm to wheel in rotatelogs() savelog
statement: the content of /var/log can now be
viewed from weblet
/etc/passwd, /etc/shadow
and /etc/groups cleaned up. New users added: sshd
and squid
zebra related services added to /etc/services
sshd commented out in inetd.conf
xargs added to busybox to allow dhclient to
stop cleanly with ifdown
Some bug fixes in POSIXness.mail and
lrcfg.back
Bug in /etc/cron.daily/multicron-d
corrected: $PATH variable must be redefined for several function to
work under cron
HOSTNAME defined also in /etc/cron.d/multicron
otherwise won't be used within multicron-d functions
Bug in /usr/sbin/lrcfg.back.script
corrected to allow proper working of partial backups
New checkfreespace function in /etc/cron.daily/multicron.d
which allows space to be checked on multiple directories
/dev/nftla devices have now the proper
major number. /linuxrc patched to allow booting
from Disk-on-Chip devices. Thanks to Brad Fritz for his contribution
on this and his excellent new chapter
of the Bering user's guide !
Some Bering packages have been updated: pcmcia.lrp (V3.2.1) and ipsec.lrp (1.9.8b) which also corrects some bugs
New packages are available: ntpdate.lrp (4.0.1), a time server client and ntpsimpl.lrp (4.0.1) which provides the ntpd daemon.
Host AP drivers for drivers for Intersil Prism2/2.5/3 from http://hostap.epitest.fi (hostap-2002-10-12) avalailable in the Bering modules directory
drivers for Intersil Prism2/2.5/3 from http://www.linux-wlan.org (linux-wlan-ng.0.1.15) avalailable in the Bering modules directory. Userland programs are now packaged in wlan-ng.lrp
Donald Becker network drivers are now in the Bering modules directory
A full new chapter available in the Bering installation guide about "System configuration"
Three new chapters available in the Bering user's guide about "Setting time in Bering", "the mail and cron facilities and "Installing and booting Bering from a M-System Disk-on-Chip