Re: [cobalt-security] BIND 4 RPMS

[dgerow@xxxxxxxxxxx]

On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 11:41:27AM +0000, John Bailey wrote:
> > I've completely removed the package and re-installed.  But that's not the
> > issue -- I'm not retrieving the version of the running named, it's the version
> > that's in the actual file that I'm concerned with.
> 
> If you're talking about finding out which version of the package the RPM
> system believes to be installed, then "rpm -qi bind" will show you the
> relevant information.  If you're interested in what version of the named
> binary is installed, then probably the most reliable way to retrieve this
> is "named -v"
> 
> Hope that's of use,
> 
> John

'rpm -qi bind' reports version 4.9.8.  'named -v' doesn't work on bind 4.  But
the version imprinted within the executable is still 4.9.7.