[WEB4LIB] MS Patch question

[Brad Thomas]

Andrew

As you can see from the manifest, the files contain a numeral at the end
that relates to the version of MDAC that needs to be patched. 21 stands for
MDAC 2.1, 26 for MDAC 2.5 and 26 for MDAC 2.6

The file is copied to the target system with the filename less the numeral
portion ie Msadce25.dll becomes simply Msadce.dll on an MDAC 2.5 system
(which mine is) - however, the version numbers and dates on my system do
match what is listed in the manifest.

I guess MS did it this way because their self extracting patch exe probably
does not cope with duplicate filenames (one for each version), hence the
file numbering aspect.

Hope this helps!

Brad


----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew I. Mutch" <amutch at waterford.lib.mi.us>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 9:09 AM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] MS Patch question


> I've installed the MS patch for the MDAC security hole on both Windows
> 2000 Pro. and NT 4 with IIS 4. In both cases, when I tried to verify the
> patch using the file manifest here:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q329414
>
> The files that MS lists as being installed and what I see installed are
> NOT one and the same. I do have some updated files with a 9/20/2002
> date/timestamp. However, they are not the same files as listed in the
> bulletin.
>
> Can someone who has downloaded and installed the patch confirm whether the
> behavior I'm seeing is unique to myself or if they are seeing that too.
> Also, please let me know where you obtained the patch (Windows Update, MS
> Security Bulletin, etc.)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Andrew Mutch
> Library Systems Technician
> Waterford Township Public Library
> Waterford, MI
>
>
>