From: Alvin Oga (alvin.sec@Mail.Linux-Consulting.com)
Date: Sat Sep 04 2004 - 10:30:39 EDT
On Fri, 3 Sep 2004, Chris Griffin wrote:
> >Some thing like patch distribution server which possibly push the recent OS
> >patches to other linux systems. Linux distribution should covering RedHat,
> >Suse other linux flavors.
it's trivial to write one ... or create one
and use the standard pkg management tool for that distro
creating the "tested" patch server for all your production machines
is a bit trickier ... espif those production machines cannot go down
due to some ooppss some place down the line or up the tree
c ya
alvin
- we use our own patch tools ... for any flavor *nix ...
( free patches since the patches are free from
( redhat/suse/debian/slackware...
- the update.pl patch script is not released
simplified in one (update.pl) script
if redhat ...
rpm from red-patches.your-domain.com
if suse
rpm from suse-patches.your-domain.com
if debian
apt-get from debian.your-domain.com
if sun
upgradepkg from sun.your-domain.com
-- add/maintain more distros as you need
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