Questions tagged [update]
The process of applying, or files used to apply, improvements to a system or program. An update is typically encompasses minor changes and improvements, relative to an upgrade.
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Installing a third party application package on CentOS 6.4 fails due to missing dependencies libcrypto.so.10 and libssl.so.10
This is a Canonical Question about OpenSSL binary compatibility issues between Red Hat Enterprise Linux (and its derivatives) 6.4 and 6.5.
This issue applies to a wide variety of third party ...
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How can I upgrade to Java 1.8 on an Amazon Linux Server?
I tried sudo yum update but it just keeps java "1.7.0_75". I need 1.8 for it to work with another application but can't figure out how to upgrade it.
Do I need to manually install it somehow? There's ...
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To update or to not update?
Since starting working where I am working now, I've been in an endless struggle with my boss and coworkers in regard to updating systems.
I of course totally agree that any update (be it firmware, O....
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How can I keep the RHEL version static (e.g. RHEL 5.1)?
For compatibility with a program :
I need to keep one of our servers in a specific version, for example rhel 5.1
I would like to keep it as updated as possible, but not to change versions.
What ...
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HP plan to restrict access to ProLiant server firmware - consequences?
I've been a longtime advocate for HP ProLiant servers in my system environments. The platform has been the basis of my infrastructure designs across several industries for the past 12 years.
The ...
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Why do I have .rpmnew file after an update?
I use yum to update my Fedora. After a huge update, I got many .rpmnew and .rpmsave files. I could understand if I had modified these files. But I'm sure that I didn't edit these files.
What should I ...
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Firmware Best Practices and Update Schedules
Firmware receives very little attention when it comes to updates. Out of sight, out of mind.
Many devices: RAID controllers, NICs, chipsets, and even hard drives, get some benefit from being updated....
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apt-get update mdadm scary warnings
Just ran an apt-get update on one of my dedicated servers to be left with a relatively scary warning:
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-...
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What is a good patch/update management server?
Microsoft has WSUS which is great for the Microsoft products it supports (and it doesn't support all Microsoft products), but in reality companies have many applications from other vendors.
Is there ...
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How to stay up to date with the latest information about UNIX software patches and upgrades?
Until now I have always used the SecurityFocus mailing lists to keep myself informed about the possible need of upgrading my server packages. The main problems I have with using this method:
Massive ...
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How do you handle updates on a server?
I have around 25 virtual machines running on Xen. I don't really feel like going through 25 VMs and running apt-get update && apt-get upgrade. I would much rather have it do that for me and in ...
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Is delayed restarting a security issue after updating a Windows Production Webserver?
As a small software development company, we run a few Windows production webservers and manually install Microsoft updates and security patches. Most of the time, a restart is required.
After the ...
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Safely update php 5.3.3 to >=5.3.4 on centos 6
Would the following works fine without any issues? I have apc cache installed, the other packages the usual php configuration.
yum update php
would that be enough?
it is an active server, so want ...
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Centos 7 - sshd sftp group permissions messed up after update
Centos recently updated to 7.3 and there's been problems with sshd sftp group permissions. I have one user that is chrooted to it's home directory, and that user is in group sftponly. Then i have the /...
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kernel-firmware is a duplicate with kernel-firmware Cent OS YUM
I am having isssues getting my server to run after yum update was interrupted. When trying to complete the yum update I am getting the following response.
[root@RESCUE-web yum.repos.d]# sudo yum ...
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What does that mean: packages excluded due to repository priority protections
When updating with yum i recieve the following message:
yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* atomic: www7.atomicorp.com
* base: mirror....
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Updating production Ubuntu boxes the dos and don'ts
Every so often I login to production web/db/tools boxes and see the typical message:
30 packages can be updated.
16 updates are security updates.
My question is, how do all of you handle updates on ...
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Should I have to enable automatic update on Debian lenny stable?
I have installed a new Linux Debian lenny server that will be a LAMP and a Subversion server.
Should I have to enable automatic updates?
If I enable it, I am sure that I have the latest security ...
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OSX mojave: "crontab: tmp/tmp.X: Operation not permitted"
After updating my OSX to Mojave, it seems I am no longer able to edit my crontab. Any attempt to do so results in the error message on the title of this question.
I tracked crontab to /private/var/at ...
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Is it important to reboot Linux after a kernel update?
I have a few production Fedora and Debian webservers that host our sites as well as user shell accounts (used for git vcs work, some screen+irssi sessions, etc).
Occasionally a new kernel update will ...
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How do I change the Software Update server address on a client Mac (to use my own server)?
Now that I have started the Software Update service on my Leopard Server, how do I change my client Macs to check for updates on it?
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how to update esxi 5?
I have an ESXi 5 host (free) and vSphere Client. I would like to update to u1 but I cannot find the way to do it. Updates are ZIP files with modules in it; no installer. vSphere client doesn't have an ...
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is ksplice production ready?
I would be interested to hear the serverfault community's experiences with Ksplice in production.
Quick blurb from wikipedia:
Ksplice is a free and open source extension of the Linux kernel which ...
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Apt-Get Update Failing because of Certificate Validation
Using Ubuntu Focal fossa. I was trying to install a checkpoint ssl software for VPN, but seems like something messed up all my certificates. Now whenever I try
sudo apt-get update
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I deployed Flash Player via a Software Installation policy. How to upgrade?
I have a Windows Server 2008 machine as my DC. Earlier this year I created a Software Installation GPO to deploy Adobe Flash Player plugin MSI. I assigned the policy to the computers, about half run ...
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How do large companies handle software updates for users without administrative rights?
I just started working for a small-medium size company doing IT support. Maybe 150 or less users.
Right now every user has administrative rights to their own machine. This allows them to install ...
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Remotely Trigger WSUS Downloaded update Installation
This has been bugging me for a while. We have our Servers set to download only windows updates to stage them to be installed during one of our bi-monthly patch windows. I have looked high and low for ...
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Upgrading multiple Debian servers at once
I'm currently working at a SaaS company, and at the moment we have multiple Debian servers running in our data centre to support our application.
In the past, when a security update was released, we ...
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How to determine if a Debian upgrade updated the kernel
Let's say I have just done an aptitude safe-upgrade on a Debian system, but I was not paying attention so I did not notice if the kernel was updated or not.
How can I now determine if there was a ...
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Managing self-updating Windows software in GPO-deployed packages
Being very new to Windows software distribution for a small network (<50 clients) I was wondering how software packages like Adobe's Reader or Java are handled. I can deploy them as MSIs via group ...
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How to update a Dell server when the Dell Server Update Utility ISO is 11GB?
We have a stack of old Dell R610s. we need to update the BIOS and drivers, but the servers have no OS on them, and the Dell downloads page only has windows executables for the various updaters. We ...
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Declining superseded updates in WSUS
When you click on an update that has been superseded in WSUS, you get a warning that says you should verify the update is no longer needed before declining it. According to Microsoft, you're supposed ...
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I can't enable the Meltdown/Spectre mitigations in Windows Server 2008 R2
I have installed the patch released today as detailed here and then set the two registry keys as mentioned:
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory ...
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Rollback YUM package
What's the best (ie foolproof and easy) mechanism for rolling back an rpm update using YUM?
I've not come across the problem where I upgrade something and later find I want to downgrade it, but I'd ...
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Force install updates on WSUS server
The WSUS administration console shows computers with not installed (critical) updates.
To be clear:
The computers report their status every day.
These updates do have a deadline that has already ...
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Windows updates, Anti-virus updates for Air gapped hosts
I just took over as an admin for a network that uses corporate imaged hosts, to manage various special purpose machines.
These hosts directly connect to the equipment they are managing via Serial or ...
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What's the best solution for updating in a small environment
I'm looking for a solution to updates -
I really need all my flash and Java updates to be installed automatically as soon as they are available.
Microsoft Updates
pro - updates all versions and ...
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"apt-get -y upgrade" in cron task runs but does not upgrade the system
This server runs Debian 7 and I'm facing a big mystery.
Here are my cron tasks:
$ sudo crontab -e
42 15 * * * apt-get -y update >> /var/log/my-apt-update.txt
52 15 * * * apt-get -y upgrade &...
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Server 2008 stuck in update-configure-fail-restart loop
I have a Windows 2008 Standard server, fresh install, fully patched with no roles installed.
This morning I went and installed the following roles:
AD Certificates
Terminal Services
IIS
When the ...
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Recommended SpamAssassin update channels?
I'm currently using SpamAssassin on a couple of mail servers that I look after. SpamAssassin runs in the context of amavisd-new on those servers and with the usual bunch of plugins (FuzzyOCR, DCC, ...
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Keep RHEL at a particular minor revision level? [duplicate]
I'm working with a large database platform (Or#&%@) that requires a specific revision level of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. In this case, it needs EL6.2 in order to retain support and compatibility ...
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Issue when trying to run command "YUM Update" Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml)
I'm trying to run the update command with yum:
yum update
I get the follwing message:
[root@commerce-dbs-tes-1 ~]# yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Setting up Update Process
Loading mirror ...
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rkhunter reports change in file properties, but I don't see that they've been updated by yum
Maybe I'm being overcautious, but I recently received the following warnings from rkhunter:
Warning: The file properties have changed:
File: /bin/dmesg
Current hash: ...
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Centos 6 yum update - Packages skipped because of dependency problems
I'm trying to keep my offsite backup server up to date so I've run an update and I'm getting dependency issues. I haven't got a clue how to continue. Below is the output from from YUM.
[root@...
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Definitive download location for MBSA "wsusscn2.cab" file for offline mode scans?
I'm running Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.1 against some servers that don't have outbound access to the Internet, by design of firewall restrictions, and therefore I'm wishing to run MBSA in ...
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Using a package manager vs compiling from source for latest updates
I run a Ubuntu 11.10 server at my house and in the past I have been using apt-get to keep all my packages up to date. Recently I noticed that when I run apt-get update/upgrade the version of some ...
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How quickly should I action the update announcements on the CentOS mailing lists?
I've recently subscribed to the CentOS mailing lists so that I can keep up to date with any new releases or updates. I'm subscribed to CentOS-announce.
I get quite a lot of emails regarding bug fixes ...
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Upgrade ubuntu 9.10 to 10.04
I have a bunch of old machines in production all running uBuntu 9.10. I want to now upgrade this to 10.04 distributions but I am getting the following error (because the repositories have expired I ...
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Chrome Flash Updates in a Domain environment
One of the business critical applications for us is powered by Adobe Flash. Naturally, this comes with plenty of associated problems.
The company wide browser in use is Google Chrome. We run a ...
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Updating Network Solutions Virtual Private Server
Just got a VPS from Network Solutions, it's got Red Hat 4, PHP 5.16, Java 1.4, no Yum and a whole bunch of packages I'd expect to have from a fresh install.
Anyway, obviously I sound like a spoiled ...
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