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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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updating SSH version 7.4pl to 7.5 on Amazon linux 2

I got one error while scanning My Amazon linux 2 Ec2 instance OpenSSH < 7.5 22 / tcp / ssh Medium 5.0 The vulnerability is not included in the NVD OpenSSH < 7.6 22 / tcp / ssh CVE-2017-15906 Medium 5.0 Patch Report 0 / tcp / but there is no update…
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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 Management" /v FeatureSettingsOverride /t REG_DWORD /d 0…
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What is required in installing/maintaining a software package on a production server?

A coworker of mine and I are discussing the use (or not) of a full text search solution, namely Elasticsearch in our web application. I am the developer of the web application, and he manages the production server, which is a single Intel NUC…
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What are the implications of running an older version of xenserver tools on VMs?

As part of my day-job I manage a couple of xenserver pools. I've been working through the old ones, bringing them up to xenserver 6.5 from a range of older versions 5.5, 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2 Many of the VMs now have an older version of xenserver…
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Yum is interrupted and now gives conflicts

I have a Centos 6.7 server, which I wanted to update. So I did yum update However, this was on a live server (not very smart of me, I know). The server ran out of resources and the yum update got interrupted. I can now no longer run yum update. I…
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MediaWiki not displaying style -- "Internal error"

I just upgraded a MediaWiki installation from version 1.25.x to 1.26.1, but now the styling information is not displaying. Hence, the page displays all text-like without the links column at the left. When I view the source of the page and click on…
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Windows updates not installing. 0x87d00244

We are using SCCM 2012 SP1 CU5 (5.0.7804.1600) and on many of our Windows 7 clients updates are not installing. When I run "Machine Policy Retrieval & Evaluation Cycle" the C:\Windows\CCM\Logs\WUAHandler.log runs as expected I believe - the last…
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yum-complete-transaction in a crazy loop

I was trying to update a server that I have with yum update and it aborted because the server ran out of memory. I killed off a few processes that were not needed and ran yum-complete-transaction but it seems as though that's stuck in a crazy loop.…
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Network boot of Windows Defender Offline will not update

I have been working on configuring a network bootable virus removal suite, and I am using the Windows Defender WinPE iso generated from using this 64-bit tool. The tool downloads and creates an ISO for you. I extract the ISO in order to get the…
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How important is patch management?

Problem I'm trying to sell the idea of organizational patch/update management and antivirus management to my superiors. Thus far, my proposition has been met with two responses: We haven't had any issues yet (I would add that we know of) We just…
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Deploying Updates via SCCM only when users are logged off

In SCCM for package deployments, there's an option to make the assignment mandatory and the schedule to be at logoff, and also options for only deploying packages when no user is logged on. I'd like to deploy software updates in the same manner. I…
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Know (at a glance) your Mac client is up-to-date

We have over a thousand Mac clients, and occassionally issue changes that affect many or all of them (such as installing new software, creating local user accounts, or applying updates). I want to know what methods you use to know that your clients…
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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 been elapsed. I assume that these updates have been…
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update a network of ubuntu desktops from a server

I need to update 100+ workstations that run ubuntu. The problem is that i want them to download the packages from a local server so that they don't use to much internet bandwidth. I net a kind of caching proxy for this that downloads a specific…
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How to determine whether I need to restart due to upgrades on Ubuntu?

When I use apt to update my system (e.g. run sudo aptitude full-upgrade) it sometimes installs updates that require reboots. This applies esp. for kernel (security) updates. I can sometimes see this in the ssh login message. I'm wondering how…
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