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Questions tagged [automatic-updates]

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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 I can't seem to find an option to do an auto…
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Is it possible to install Mac OS X Server on a Mac Mini without hacking it?

I'd like to have a Software Update Server (SUS) for my clients. Since this service would not be critical, redundancy and availability are not an issue for me. Given the fact that SUS is only available on Mac OS X Server (I'd be happy to be denied),…
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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 about it and can hit Restart Now to reboot the…
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Fully automated software deployment and update system

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 versions of these pieces of software. We tried…
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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/apt/sources.list: deb…
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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How can a GNU/Linux machine be set up to automatically update a newer version of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE)?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 also be reasonably up to date with bugfixes,…
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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? Is there a way to configure Windows Updates to do…
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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" expressions on our faces. We dug into the logs, and…
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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 updates? Isn't there a better solution than to go…
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Automatic Reboot at specific time if Automatic Upgrade requires Reboot

I have setup automatic updates and it updates automatically. However, there are updates that require a restart and I know Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "true"; will set it to reboot. But it reboots as soon as it updates. That could be at any…
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Restart Systemd unit after dependency

I have a web application that is started by systemd. It uses Postgresql as database, so it rely on it. Here is the unit file of my web application (I have remove the un-relevant/sensitive…
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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 much. This obviously bogs down my connection…
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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 following settings in the file: update_messages =…
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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 80073712. It will download the updates but fails to…
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Is there anyway to stop Windows 7 from executing the forced restart after an update?

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 "System Restart Required" and provides an…
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