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29
Jul
2008

Remotely applying IPCop patches from the command line

IPCop has a built in (although sometimes broken) download/apply UI for patches / security updates. However, it is broken sometimes, and there are times where it’s easier do it over SSH (slow, or unreliable connectivity, for example). Having Googled a bit, there wasn’t an immediate or obvious solution, so I dug around in the CGI scripts to see how it’s done.

Firstly, download the patch using wget, for example:
wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ipcop/ipcop-1.4.21-update.i386.tgz.gpg?download

Then, move that patch as follows:
mv ipcop-1.4.21-update.i386.tgz.gpg /var/patches/patch.tgz.gpg

That destination file shouldn’t already exist, so if it does you may need to investigate why the previous patch wasn’t applied correctly.

Finally, apply the patch:
/usr/local/bin/installpackage --install

You’ll be prompted when the patch is applied. Reboot if the patch requires so.

7 Responses:

Basic Fri, 29th Aug, 2008 10:09 am :

wget: command not found

ipcop-1.4.20 and i just want to update to 1.4.21.

any suggestion?
cgarvey Fri, 29th Aug, 2008 3:47 pm :

You’ll find wget (and other handy utils) at .. http://www.ipadd.de/binary.html
Jim Hicks Fri, 2nd Oct, 2009 7:52 pm :

I am trying to get 1.4.20 upgraded to 1.4.21
I downloaded the patch with wget and moved it to the correct directory then ran the install. Got these error messages:

gpg: WARNING: unsafe permissions on homedir ‘/root/.gnupg’
secmem usage: 1408/1408 bytes in 2/2 blocks of pool 1408/32768
Public signature not found (who signed package?)!

I don’t know anything about linux or unix, do you have any idea what the problem might be?

Many thanks for your wisdom-
cgarvey Fri, 2nd Oct, 2009 9:29 pm :

I don’t know is the answer, I’m afraid!

I assume you are running the command as root (not admin)? If so, I have 755 on .gnupg/ and 600 on all the files in it, if that helps. I also have the following contents…

gpg.conf
pubring.gpg
secring.gpg
trustdb.gpg

… with pubring and trustdb being non-empty.
Jim Hicks Sat, 3rd Oct, 2009 4:16 pm :

yes, I was logged in as root, and my .gnupg directory appears to look just like yours.
I guess I will try again, do some more head scratching and searching.
Jim Hicks Sat, 3rd Oct, 2009 5:15 pm :

Eureka! Still got some error msgs but it apparently has worked on the second try….
B Knotts Mon, 7th Dec, 2009 1:28 am :

This was helpful, and hopefully may come in handy to others who find themselves with an ipcop which is not displaying parts of the web interface.

I reinstalled the 1.4.21 patch using this method and it fixed the interface, which was missing much of its text.