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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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How to get the number of available updates on an Ubuntu system as a normal user

I need this for a simple monitoring script which i don't want to run as root...
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What is the best practice to keep a linux ubuntu server up to date (build packages, dist-upgrade, alt repos...)

We are running a production server based on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, kernel is almost up-to-date (2.6.38.2-grsec-xxxx-grs-ipv6-64) but karmic package repository is now ridiculously outdated, eg. Nginx is 0.7.62 - really buggy - while latest stable…
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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 a patch/update management server similar to WSUS,…
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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 updates or whatever else they would like to. I'm…
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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 a way to trigger the installation remotely on the…
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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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yum update, how to make rpm package updateable

need a link or tutorial on how to make an rpm package work with yum UPDATE. i have it and already works with yum INSTALL and yum ERASE, but is there somewhere info on how to make rpm package work when using yum UPDATE (what code to add, in what…
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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 were able to log into each machine and manually…
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Windows 7 SP1 Installation Failed with C0000034

I am looking after a small (12 PCs) network mostly made up of Windows 7 PCs about half 32-bit with the remainder 64-bit or Vista. WSUS is setup on the server and all computers are configured via group policy to retrieve updates from WSUS. It seems…
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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 I get the following errors. Get:1…
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Upgrading Debian Linux to a specific patch level

I have a few dozens of Debian boxes which I want to keep up to date in a deterministic fashion, and also follow the Engineering => Pre-Prod => Prod routine with a deterministic staging process. Ideal world for me would be to have some sort of 'patch…
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How can I automate the deployment of cisco IOS upgrades?

I was googling this and didn't turn up anything. If you have 100 some odd Cisco routers and switches how do you push out new IOS releases? Certain not by manually logging into every device. The only thing I found was the Cisco Auto-Upgrade Manager,…
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WSUS and Pulled Patches

When Microsoft pulls bad patches, does WSUS automatically pull the patches as well or do we need to do it manually? If we have to do it manually, how do we keep on top of bad patches?
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Make kernel modules available that have been deactivated on Fedora

Edit: I turned Cristians answer into a script which does everything automatically: https://github.com/frans-fuerst/magic/blob/master/fedora-activate-can.sh I need some kernel modules which are available in the Linux source but deactivated on Fedora…
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How to configure GRUB loader after apt-get upgrade on Ubuntu 12.04

I have a box with Ubuntu 12.04, and just did a apt-get upgrade. I'm presented with a dialogue to update my GRUB bootloader, but with the following message: The GRUB boot loader was previously installed to a disk that is no longer present, or whose…
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