Ack, missed that. I run as admin of course.
Well ARD is a possible solution then. It's fairly
painless.
Michael Rimar wrote:
> Jay - but the issue is that in OS X there is no
automatic update if
> the user isn't an admin...
>
> At 08:55 AM 3/17/2006, Jay Bryon wrote:
>> I've been using OS X since it came out, and have
upgraded through all
>> versions to the latest version. In all this time,
I've had software
>> updates basically just automatically running, with
some exceptions
>> for things I knew I didn't need. In the past few
years that I've
>> been doing this I have only twice seen any issues
with an update. So
>> unlike the windows patch and pray cycle, it's one
thing that apple
>> does very well.
>> They're not perfect, but they don't drop bombs on
you with anything
>> like the regularity that MS has. (I also use
windows, when I have
>> to, which thankfully is a declining trend). So,
not to start yet
>> another boring platform flame war (please don't
bother), but just to
>> let you know what my experience has been on both
platforms. If you
>> have just a few of them, I'd just let them auto
update and deal with
>> any rare issues as they arise.
>> I think it would be a great idea for the campus to
have a campus-wide
>> update server, if one doesn't already exist.
>> -Jay
>>
>> Mike Patterson wrote:
>>> We're working on our Mac patch management
strategy/tool use. 99% of
>>> our desktops are windows and we are more
familiar with supporting
>>> those. We've been using a monthly
"Patch 2nd Tuesday" cycle using
>>> WSUS for windows, internal security
scans/RHN/newsgroups for
>>> linux/bsd servers, and manual "software
update" on OS X desktops.
>>> We also process pressing security alerts out of
that cycle when needed.
>>>
>>> Is anyone using System Update Server for Mac OS
X?
>>> http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/features
/softwareupdateserver.html
>>>
>>> Can you set your clients to automatically
install approved updates
>>> like you can with Windows SUS/WSUS? Does it
needs to run on a
>>> actual apple server as oppose to serving flies
from a different bsd
>>> box? Is there a campus Mac SUS server
available for campus clients
>>> to use (it's overkill to run our own OS X
server for this)?
>>>
>>> While our windows desktops need patches
constantly, at least we have
>>> our WSUS server and policies to automatically
install the patches we
>>> approve and report their status.
>>>
>>> We have a small number of Mac desktops, but
visiting each
>>> workstation and approving updates is a hassle.
I suppose we could
>>> enable ssh and run softwareupdate from the
command-line... possibly
>>> we could set a cronjob to email us
automatically if downloaded
>>> updates are waiting for install (since we are
out of touch OS X
>>> updates)...
>>>
>>> What are other people doing?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mike
>>>
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>> -Jay Bryon
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>> U.C. Berkeley
>>
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