Network Security Toolkit (NST) Patch: U200701181

Patch Summary: Adds MediaWiki Server (v1.9.0) to NST System.

Patch Release Specifications:

Patch Revision History:

2007-03-11 (v1.0.2)

Now removes the mediawiki-1.9.0.tar.gz file after it is no longer needed (prior version left it on the system).

2007-03-09 (v1.0.1)

Cleaned up final output message (no change to mediawiki install).

2007-01-18 (v1.0.0)

Downloads and installs the MediaWiki Wiki server onto a NST probe. The server will be installed into the directory /var/nst/mediawiki-1.9.0 (or /dev/shm/mediawiki-1.9.0 if /var/nst does not exist). While possible to run within a Live CD boot - it is recommended that one use a hard disk installation. After installing, you will need to restart the web server on your NST probe, setup the MySQL server (if you haven't already done so), and then point your browser at: https://PROBE/wiki to complete the setup.

Patch Release Notes:

This patch can be applied by hand by downloading the patch file: "U200701181-102.zip" to your NST probe system, unzipping it and then running the "nstpatch.sh" script contained, For example:

[root@probe ~]# mkdir /tmp/patch
[root@probe ~]# cd /tmp/patch
[root@probe patch]# wget -nH http://nst.sourceforge.net/nst/patches/U200701181-102.zip

  ... output from wget ...

[root@probe patch]# unzip U200701181-102.zip

  ... output from unzip ...

[root@probe patch]# ./nstpatch.sh

  ... output from nstpatch.sh ...

[root@probe patch]# cd
[root@probe ~]# rm -fr /tmp/patch
[root@probe ~]#