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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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DNS - Any way to force a nameserver to update the record of a domain?

I am doing some work on some domain names. I'm updating them. By using dig I can query our nameserver and I can see that the correct name has been updated. However our office dns cache is still showing the old name. Yesterday I set the TTL down to…
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How to check when yum update was last run

Is there a canonical way to find out the last time that yum update was run on a system? Our set up is that we have staging servers that run automatic updates, and provided they don't fall over, we will manually update our production servers about…
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Elastic Beanstalk stuck for more than 12 hrs

I have an EB application that is stuck with this error: Failed Environment update activity. Reason: Internal Failure. I can not abort anything and I cannot change any configuration.. I dont know what to do, because every thing I do, it says: Could…
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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 packages, not only the ones listed in the original…
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To yum update? Or not?

please forgive this rather straightforward question. First off, I'm not a sysadmin, and my experience with Linux is somewhat limited. About 3-4 months ago, I set up a CentOS server in work, for a variety of reasons. We are using it as a…
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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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Update Office without opening an Office application

How do you trigger an Office update without opening an office application? I need this to update Office after an offline install of o365, specifically in instances where Office needs to be updated between installing o365 apps and actually deploying…
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safely upgrade glibc on CentOS 7

I've tried a python application on my CentOS machine and it gives me the following error: ImportError: /usr/lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.18' not found (required by /tmp/_MEI2BYIr4/libstdc++.so.6) I've been tempted to upgrade GLIBC, but after…
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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 allows system administrators to apply security…
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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 update…
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Update password for scheduled task

I have a scheduled task that needs to run as a service account. The service account's password resets every 100 days, so I need to update the password for the scheduled task. I cannot figure out how to do this. When I select "Change User or Group"…
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Unable to run `apt update` on Ubuntu 21.10

I am experiencing the following error when running apt update which is causing me to be unable to update the Ubuntu server. ~$ sudo apt update Ign:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-security InRelease Err:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu…
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How safe are Unattended Upgrades/Automatic Updates for Ubuntu

I'm in the process of trying to keep several ubuntu box's up to date and patched (10.4.2 LTS), one suggestion I've been getting is setting up unattended upgrades (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticSecurityUpdates). In the past I've been…
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How to avoid downtime with linux?

Frequently software updates to Ubuntu require reboots (which can have side effects such as downtime). I see Ubuntu has https://www.ubuntu.com/livepatch which allows for kernel updates without reboots, however, this is a paid service. There is also…
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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 mish mash of applications. I'm gradually sorting…
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