Re: [pca] safe mode?

2008-05-15 Thread Martin Paul
Chris Coffey wrote: Or something similar where files/perms/links aren't kosher to proceed with a patch. I think this is related to using the safe switch, is that correct? Correct. Don't use the safe option, and the errors will be gone. You provide a good example of what --safe can do for you,

Re: [pca] openSolaris patching?

2008-05-15 Thread Laurent Blume
Paul B. Henson a écrit : [snip] > Perhaps the pain, horror and frustration of Solaris patching will become an > un-fond memory :)... I'm also very interested in trying IPS. One thing that I can't find so far in the documentation is how to roll back when an update introduced issues. I hope I'm wro

[pca] safe mode and hardening

2008-05-15 Thread Glen Gunselman
I'll start a new thread adding my hardening question. How do you handle hardening (JASS) and patching? Is --safe a good indicator that re-hardening is/maybe needed? Do you always/never re-harden after patching? Thanks, Glen Gunselman Systems Software Specialist TCS Emporia State Unive

Re: [pca] openSolaris patching?

2008-05-15 Thread Paul B. Henson
On Thu, 15 May 2008, Laurent Blume wrote: > One thing that I can't find so far in the documentation is how to roll > back when an update introduced issues. I hope I'm wrong, and that Sun > didn't take a ?nothing can possibily go wrong, ever, so no need to > rollback? attitude. Actually, with ZFS