On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Wright, Jonathon Mr CTR US USA USARPAC <[email protected]> wrote: > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > Caveats: FOUO > > TWIMC, > > How do I know as an admin of my FreeBSD server that the version I am running > is supported via automated fashion?
In my experience with FBSD they are supported for a very long time, no worries there. But it's usually best to stay no more than 2 major releases. Example current is 8.2, I wouldn't have any 6.x systems today but there are people that have because that particular version may provide some specific thing to them. It's the same way that people still use Apache 1.3 for whatever reason. Personally, I only have 7.x and 8.x servers and I only use RELEASE versions, but YMMV of course. > I'm trying to find a way to do this through a script of sorts so that when > the date comes, I'm alerted that I need to upgrade. > FBSD is so awesome that all you have to is .forward root mail to your admin account and automated scripts will tell you about outdated ports, security patches, vulnerability notes, state of your network, hard drives and many more things. These crons and scripts are already part of any standard FBSD installations. > For example on this link: http://www.freebsd.org/security/#sup > It has a table with dates / versions. > How can I query this through the ports tree / or other means? You don't need to. just wait for the mails I mentioned above and take action from there! Best, -- Alejandro Imass > > V/R, > Jonathon > > > > Jonathon Wright CISSP, MSIS, SSCP, BSIT > RCERT PACIFIC - Architecture Cell > Contractor, Quantum Research > (808) 438-1094 > > > > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > Caveats: FOUO > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
