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Old 03-09-2007
Linux Patch Management
Does anyone know who to centrally manage the distribution and application of patches to multiple Linux platforms ? Is there software for this ?
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS

updatemanager

updatemanager(1M)					  System Administration Commands					 updatemanager(1M)

NAME

       updatemanager - start the Sun Update Manager application

SYNOPSIS

       updatemanager

DESCRIPTION

       The  updatemanager  command  starts the Sun Update Manager application. The Sun Update Manager is a graphical user interface (GUI) that you
       can use to manage updates and patches on your Solaris system.

       For more information about using this application, see the Sun Update Manager 1.0 Administration Guide in the Sun Update Connection, System
       Edition Collection on docs.sun.com.

       You can also manage updates and patches on the command line by using the smpatch command. See the smpatch(1M) man page.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWupdatemgru		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Unstable			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       smpatch(1M), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    11 Oct 2005 						 updatemanager(1M)