Questions tagged [automatic-updates]
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Setup a server to host Windows updates for all LAN devices
Background: I have a really slow internet connection (the highest download speed I've seen on it is 3.5Mbps, though I only pay for 3Mbps), and Windows 10 does updates all the freaking time. Like, so ...
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Is it safe to leave Windows Update permanently disabled?
I have disabled windows update on all of my windows server. Will that cause problems?
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Apt-Dater: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo
Unfortunately I can not connect to a host using apt-dater.
The error is:
Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal.
ADPROTO: 0.7
LSBREL: CentOS|7.2.1511|Core
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Secure yum-cron.conf configuration and prevent them from getting auto-updated
The last CentOS upgrade from December 3, 2015 rpmsaved the /etc/yum/yum-cron.conf file and replaced it with the new one on bunch of the servers I manage, which had previously been configured with the ...
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How to tell exactly what packages have security updates in Ubuntu?
I'm trying to get a list of packages that are marked as having "security updates"
My base system is Ubuntu 14.04
For example, there is a script on Ubuntu 14.04 which will list number of updates ...
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Visually impaired people and windows updates
I have what may seem like a strange question, however I believe I have identified a real need for something like this and would like to know A. If anyone else has suggestions, or B. if anyone has ...
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Saving space - deleting WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download
Often times in our environment, C drives run into space issues and the C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download folder gets relatively large, upwards of 3.5Gb in size. Server 2008, R2 enterprise.
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How to make Java auto-update for small organization with non admin users?
I'm stuck with an issue regarding Java which is a real pain in my ass.
I'm managing small office networks where I get great results using AD and GPO to set everything up and automated. In each of ...
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Do Windows/Automatic updates happen when a PC is sleeping/standby?
Mostly interested in doing it on some Win7 laptops, a lot of people seem to believe its not possible. However I can't find any definitive Microsoft documents detailing it either way:
This old ...
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Windows Server 2012 r2 Automatic Updates Registry Values
I'm trying to make a Windows Server 2012 r2 test box automatically update and reboot in the same way 2008 servers do. I cannot use the 'Always automatically restart at the scheduled time' GPO (...
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Automatically download, but do not install, upgrades
Running debian stable, I know I can use unattended-upgrades to automatically download and install upgrades.
However, running debian unstable, I would be extremely reluctant to automatically install ...
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Is it a good idea to have auto updates on an isolated server? [closed]
A Windows Server 2012R2. It only serves the local net: file server and a SQL database. It is isolated from the Internet, except the update server, no ports are forwarded.
Question: Is it a good idea ...
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Batch File to Automatically Install List of Drivers without User Interaction
At work, one of the tasks I am responsible for is resetting computers to their factory settings and installing the updated drivers. Lenovo makes this easy with their System Update tool, but Dell and ...
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Windows Updates taking a long time to install
I manage a WSUS server for a large number of servers in a shared environment. Recently I noticed that despite the scheduled install time configured via the local gpo of many servers, they were not ...
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how to stop future internet explorer updates on windows server 2012 R2
Is there a way to disable future updates of Internet Explorer on a windows server 2012 R2 system? In the IE11 -> "About Internet Explorer" window there is no check box anymore for "Install new ...
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Server 2012 Windows Update not working
We have a windows server 2012 box that is hosted remotely. I've been trying to install a security patch and the windows update component appears to be corrupted. The error code i'm getting is ...
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Server auto update with tripwire IDS
I have a ubuntu server with weekly auto update/upgrade and tripwire installed.
The problem is that the auto update kind of makes tripwire useless as changes always occur on my server. Therefore I ...
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Number of important Windows Updates
For Microsoft Server OS's, is there a location in the registry or possibly WMI that stores the number of pending Important Updates?
My inventory software supports wmi and registry keys. Trying to see ...
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Debian unattended-upgrades does not upgrade all packages
I have installed the Debian unattended-upgrades package. It upgrades most, but not all packages. If I execute apt-get upgrade after it has run, a few more packages will be installed.
Here's my /etc/...
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Update ubuntu automatically
I have just started learning web server administration. I have noticed that I get this update message very often on Ubuntu:
xx packages can be updated
xx updates are security update
When I see it I ...
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vCenter Server automatic update
Is it possible to update vCenter Server 5.5 (Windows platform) to 5.5u2 with vSphere Update Manager or any other automatic/oneclick way ?
Is there any way other than downloading full iso ?
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Any audit trail of when Windows Server 2008 Automatic Updates settings are changed?
I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine that keeps on rebooting even though I tell it not to do so after automatic updates are installed. I am certain that no group policy is applied to this server to ...
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Is there anyway to stop Windows 7 from executing the forced restart after an update? [closed]
Is there anyway to stop Windows 7 from executing the forced restart after an update? This is not the restart that happens with Windows Update; this is the forced restart that displays a dialog with "...
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Windows 7 Permissions for installing Adobe Reader and Flash Updates?
Is it possible to give users the permissions in a Windows Server 2008 R2 domain to install Adobe Reader and Flash Updates on their Windows 7 machines? Or are they just stuck with calling on the ...
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Can dd-wrt do a firmware autoupdate?
I need to get a new company router but am looking for a secure but low cost solution. My first idea was to get a 20€ TP-link router and flash it with DD-wrt, but the latest firmware is a year old and ...
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How do I automate complex software distribution?
Our customer has solution that includes several products that cooperate with each other. When we update any part of the solution we have to provide administrator’s guide for every operating system (XP,...
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How to safely update a server script, which can be anytime started by cron
I have a server script that is started by cron every 10 minutes and does some operations with database, so it can be running for several minutes. So as you see, the probability of overlapping the ...
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Cannot unblock IE9 installation after GPO blocker kit
I need to unblock the installation of Internet Explorer 9, after using the Internet Explorer 9 Blocker Toolkit in a GPO. In a way the unblocking does work, after disabling it in the GPO, but the ...
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Can saltstack update itself then run highstate
salt stack is being used with bit bucket. there are 2-3 of us who push updates to it occasionaly. I was wondering is there a way where salt stack can get the latests changes from bit bucket then ...
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Thoughts about a simple way to check remote updates lists and updating remote servers
I have been building my own Control Panel (mostly hobby) where I control hosting packages on my webservers, mailaccounts on my mailservers, DNS records etc. I also use this to monitor my servers.
I ...
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how to cancel an automatic restart in windows server 2012 after installing windows updates
Here's the thing - the "shutdown -a" option doesn't work, there is no "Restart Later" button, just a countdown timer of 15 minutes and no way to cancel it.
What should I do? I read somewhere that if ...
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Concern about "apt-get update" in production server
I have a server which is getting a bit outdated as I haven't updated it since a few months. I wanted to try cron-apt but first wanted to do it manually, so I issued a
sudo apt-get update
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Nginx and automatic updates
I'm on Ubuntu 12.04.1 with unattended-upgrades configured for automatic security updates, and I installed Nginx by first adding
deb http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ lucid nginx
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Automatic updating of newer JRE on GNU/Linux
How can a GNU/Linux machine be set up to automatically update a newer version of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE)? The difficulty is wanting to use a newer version of Java (Java 7, at present) and ...
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Plesk Updates Overwriting my PHP.ini [closed]
This may be more relevant on stackoverflow, if so please migrate it :-)
I have had to disable automatic updates in Plesk on my Windows server as everytime an update is installed, my php.ini ...
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Windows Patches/Updates in a hosting enviornment
I'm looking for a good tool besides WSUS that will allow me to update Windows 2000/2003/2008 servers that are part of a domain/in a different domain/standalone enviornment.
The current products I'm ...
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What are best-practices for running Windows Update on a Hyper-V server with running VM's?
I have four VM's running on a Windows Server 2008 R2 box - not 'core.' What is the best way to install Windows Updates on that server? Do I need to shut the VM's down first in case it wants a reboot? ...
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Windows Unattended: Hide the "Windows Updates are Disabled For This Computer" Message?
In autounattend.xml I can set <ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC> to disable automatic updates. However, after installing, Windows still complains loudly that updates are disabled.
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Automatic updates - WSUS and Group Policy
I have 2 GPOS on my W2K3 domain:
1 is for the servers, where AU is disabled
the 2nd GPO is for desktop, where AU is enabled (with limitations - NA for the question).
I manage my AU's using Microsoft'...
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Automatic Updates occurring unintentionally
My boss and I were sitting in our server room today when we all of a sudden heard one of our servers go into hyper-speed, indicating that it was restarting. You can imagine the immediate "oh crap" ...
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How can I automatically update Debian Squeeze?
I want my VPS to be always up-to-date with latest updates. Is there option to enable automatic updates with apt-get or some other way?
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Good practice for managing package updates for lots of CentOS servers
As part of my job I manage a few tens of CentOS 5 servers, using puppet for the main set up. About half of our servers have a standardised set up for hosting various django sites, while the rest are a ...
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How can I prevent Terminal Server Users from restarting the server after an Automatic Update?
We have a Windows Server 2003 terminal server, and our IT department does not want to disable Automatic Updates. The problem is, when an update gets applied that requires a reboot, users get a popup ...
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Most efficient way to install Windows Hotfixes on a isolated computer
I have a standalone W2K3 machine which I need to update with microsoft hotfixes. I also have a clone of this machine which I can connect to the internet.
What I'd like to do is:
a) Run some tool on ...
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automatically create subdomain, virtualhost and etc when add user
there is the way, how to automatically create the subdomain, virtualhost for apache, sharing configuration (samba), etc when I add a new user?
I want it's work like the web hosting service, when we ...
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Update KB951847 (3.5 SP1 and Family Update) fails on Windows Server 2003 repeatedly
We have a Win2K3 server that is perpetually stuck on the following update:
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and .NET Framework 3.5 Family Update for .NET versions 2.0 through 3.5 (KB951847)...
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Bypass installing updates on shut-down
So with the cold weather, we're experiencing rolling blackouts in industrial sectors to keep residential heaters going. Every two hours for 15 minutes, we go dead. The last couple times this happened, ...
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Can we disable/hide Automatic Update notifications for Local Admin users on Windows 2008 TS?
We have a Windows 2008 standard Terminal Server which runs our business management software, which itself requires local admin access to run.
When Automatic Updates are available users are presented ...
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Non-MS program updates in a domain
I have an AD domain and I don't want my users to have admin privileges on their local computer. I have WSUS for Windows updates and stuff but what about Firefox, Flash and other third party program ...
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Fully automated software deployment and update system [closed]
My office has about 120 Windows clients.
We need a way to deploy and update free/downloadable software like Flash, Firefox, Skype etc..
This means that we want our clients to always have the latest ...
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