09-04-2008
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1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I have a suse linux 9(SLES 9)
I have configured "YOU" (yast online update) and it all working fine, synchronising on a daily base with http://sdb.suse.de/download but I would like to know if they is a tools or scripts that inform you of any patches that has not been applied and notify you via... (0 Replies)
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2. Linux
Does anyone know who to centrally manage the distribution and application of patches to multiple Linux platforms ? Is there software for this ? (0 Replies)
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3. Linux
I was wondering how everyone else manages patching/upgrades for apache.
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Hi.
Where can i learn, Which Unix platform specific for what? Properties? (1 Reply)
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I've inherited about 10 RHEL 3 boxes that are located in Europe behind a corporate firewall with no access to rhn.redhat.com
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6. Solaris
Hello Friends..
I have not tried anything related to Solaris patch and wish to learn more about it. I just wanted to try the patchadd and patchrm commands and how they work, just for educational purpose. I tried to download Solaris 10 patches, it asked me to register at sunsolve.com and i... (5 Replies)
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7. UNIX and Linux Applications
Hi ;)
Which hardware platforms/machine types use the Operating System Unix?
A list of all would be appreaciated
Thx
Megadrink :cool: (2 Replies)
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8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
We have a mix of AIX, HP-UX, Linux (RHEL and SLES), and Solaris in our environment. Currently we have seperate patch management systems for each platform (NIM, SD, Spacewalk, etc), but have started looking for a centralized patch management solution that would work for most, if not all, of our... (0 Replies)
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HI all,
As per the audit policy, patch has to be apply periodically, but in my scenerio, it has been applied lastly in the year 2010.
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10. Solaris
Hi Guys,
I am doing L1 Level support for Solaris Platform. Eg. User Management, File system , Print management and Job monitoring.
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
cf-serverd
cf-serverd(8) System Manager's Manual cf-serverd(8)
NAME
cf-serverd - cfengine's server agent
SYNOPSIS
:
cf-serverd [options]
DESCRIPTION
:
The server daemon provides two services: it acts as a file server for remote file copying and it allows an authorized cf-runagent to start
start a cf-agent process and set certain additional classes with role-based access control.
cfengine is a self-healing configuration and change management based system. You can think of cfengine as a very high level language, much
higher level than Perl or shell. Asingle statement is called a promise, and compliance can result in many hundreds of filesbeing created,
or the permissions of many hundreds offiles being set. The idea of cfengine is to create a one or more sets of configuration files which
willclassify and describe the setup of every host in a network.
COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
:
--help, -h
Print the help message
--debug, -d
Set debugging level 0,1,2,3
--verbose, -v
Output verbose information about the behaviour of the agent
--version, -V
Output the version of the software
--file, -f
Specify an alternative input file than the default
--define, -D
Define a list of comma separated classes to be defined at the start of execution
--negate, -N
Define a list of comma separated classes to be undefined at the start of execution
--no-lock, -K
Ignore locking constraints during execution (ifelapsed/expireafter) if "too soon" to run
--inform, -I
Print basic information about changes made to the system, i.e. promises repaired
--diagnostic, -x
Activate internal diagnostics (developers only)
--no-fork, -F
Run as a foreground processes (do not fork)
--ld-library-path, -L
Set the internal value of LD_LIBRARY_PATH for child processes
AUTHOR
Mark Burgess and CFEngine AS
INFORMATION
Bug reports: http://bug.cfengine.com, .PP Community help: http://forum.cfengine.com
Community info: http://www.cfengine.com/pages/community
Support services: http://www.cfengine.com
This software is Copyright (C) 2008-2013 CFEngine AS.
Maintenance Commands cf-serverd(8)