Thanks for the links i've been reading for the last 4 hours. I am a very slow reader but I believe that at least part of the 'patch' so far at least on Mint 17 is: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 11 23:13 sh -> dash See above symlinked sh to dash now not bash. Thanks for responding and sending the links over. > Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 02:20:23 -0600 > From: chapinjeff at gmail.com > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Patch Bash ShellShock exploit with MKSH? > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 10:44 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote: > > 1. Can I migrate to MKSH shell on my LinuxMint17 computer quite easily? > http://community.linuxmint.com/software/view/mksh > > Looks like it's in the Mint repos, so installing it is fairly easy. > Since it is related to ksh, and not bash, there will be a little bit > of a learning curve. > > > > > > 2. How necessary is this to be concerned about? > > > Not at all. Shellshock has been patched on most major modern OSes > since October. You can check if you are still on a vulnreble version > of bash following the directions here: > > http://linuxg.net/canonical-has-patched-bash-agains-the-shellshock-exploit-update-your-ubuntu-14-04-or-ubuntu-12-04-system-now/ > > > > > > Your thoughts are appreciated. > > Thank you, > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > -- > Jeff Chapin > President, CedarLug, retired > President, UNIPC, "I'll get around to it" > President, UNI Scuba Club > Senator, NISG, retired > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20150109/8f2593bd/attachment.html>