OpenSolaris software management

[Jose]

On 6/11/2010 3:37 PM, Timothy Hildred wrote:
> http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5505/6mkv5m1kj?l=en&a=view#overview-3
> <http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5505/6mkv5m1kj?l=en&a=view#overview-3>
> something like this? i am looking at upgrading solaris 10 which i find
> in a similarily static position. i am hoping this is because the version
> i am running represents a solid working version that doesn't see much
> development, though maybe i'm just sitting on a rotten old solaris install.
>
> has anyone ever gotten the shadow_copy vfs module working in samba? i'd
> love to hear how!
>
> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 11:59 AM, William Muriithi
> <william.muriithi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org <mailto:william.muriithi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>> wrote:
>
>     Hello pals,
>
>     Just curious, is someone here managing an open solaris system, X86
>     based? I have been asked to manage one of open solaris based system
>     till we can move all services to RHEL5, but being a nob to the
>     opensolaris, I am finding it a little tricky.
>
>     For example, seem there is one repository I can find on the internet..
>     www.blastwave.org <http://www.blastwave.org>  The odd thing is, you
>     need to register before you
>     can use it and I am not sure how trustworthy it is..  The box seem
>     like it has never been updated and all software were installed from CD
>     media..  Sound like Linux world in 1998, not fun.  Now, this may be
>     just because I am green here and hence why I need advice?  Can one
>     update open Solaris 10?
>
>     Second, do you guys run production server with compilers installed?  I
>     have a very strong dislike for gcc on production system, but when I
>     google for most solution related to open solaris, solution seem to
>     always imply compiling stuff and therefore gcc. Never a good idea as
>     far as security is concerned. Make it trivially easy to get rooted in
>     my opinion.
>
>     William
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if your system is mirrored, I would break the mirror first to have a 
decent backup from the running system; but coming back to your question, 
their site has some instructions to update systems:

http://gibbs.acu.edu/2008/07/19/opensolaris-upgrade-instructions/




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