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navin
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Linux patch question

Hello we have servers with Redhat and Suse Operating systems - i would like to know when was the server last patched and is it uptodate.
In other words - as in hpux we check bundles and compare with latest patch bundles and make sure it is updated or not - i would like to perform the same thing in linux - pls advice .
Is there a patch bundle for linux as well as other operating systems HP and solaris..?

Thanks Much in advance
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J. Maestre
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Re: Linux patch question

You can see when it was last updated by looking at /var/log/yum.log, and "yum update" will tell you if the system is up to date or not.

As far as I know there's not such thing as patch bundles in Redhat. Closest thing would be minor releases, but that's not really close anyway.

If you want to get a tighter control over package versions installed on your servers you could set up your own local mirror of the RH repositories and make your servers pull their updates from there. Your mirror's snapshot of the RH repository would work as your "patch bundle", so to speak.
navin
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Re: Linux patch question

Thanks for the reply - Does the yum update works on redhat as well as suse..?
Also does it give an info about what needs to be updated?

Thanks Much Again
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Kapil Jha
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Re: Linux patch question

you can run
#rpm -qa --last

It would list all the patched installed date wise.

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Huc_1
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Re: Linux patch question

the following will check if there are packages to be updated

# yum check-update

# yum info 'package_name_here'

yum info will tell you some more about the package.

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Steven E. Protter
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Re: Linux patch question

Shalom,

This may be more than you want, but it will work with redhat, tell you when packages were installed.

Patching with RH replaces the binary and shows up as an rpm install with a new version.

rpm -qa --queryformat '%{NAME}%{VERSION}%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH} %{installtime} (%{installtime:date})\n'

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navin
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Re: Linux patch question

Hi ,
Thanks for your replies

rpm -qa on redhat as well as suse gave me an output like this

Suse 10.1
patch-2.5.9-160.2

Red 5
patch-2.5.4-29.2.2

Red 3
patch-2.5.4-16

Red 4
patch-2.5.4-20

Are these output represemts the whole patch bundle installed on the system? also how and where do i get or know what would be the current release of the patches for these OS levels

Your input is must respected and appreciated
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J. Maestre
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Re: Linux patch question

What you are getting there are the installed versions of the "patch" package, which is a program to patchs files with diffs.

You won't find one single package defining the patch level of the whole system, that only happens when you upgrade to the next minor (or major) version.
The only "patch level" you'll find in RedHat is in /etc/redhat-release. Other than that it's just per-package upgrades that you can check with yum.
navin
Super Advisor

Re: Linux patch question

Thanks so much for this important info - i would like to find out if there is any new patches available than the installed ones for every OS i posted - is there a way to do that

thank you so much
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navin
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Re: Linux patch question

in other words is there a updated version of the below program available

What you are getting there are the installed versions of the "patch" package, which is a program to patchs files with diffs.

Thanks Much
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