Re: Is Solaris 10 a good home os?

Alexander Skwar wrote:
· Thommy M. <thommy.m.malmstrom@xxxxxxxxx>:

Miroslav Zubcic wrote:
Thommy M. wrote:

Miroslav Zubcic wrote:
Ehm, apropos Solaris Express and OpenSolaris: what in case someone likes
to patch system with so critical security patches, annoying bugs ...?
I'm using Solaris 10 11/6 because it has regular patches. I do not like
idea of reinstalling whole OS every couple of weeks. :-\
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/howtoguides/liveupgradehowto.jsp
Ah, wonderful! If exploit for ssh, sendmail or nfsd or ... comes in a
wild, I just need to buy 1-2 disks, create mirror of root on them,
download new Solaris Express and perform upgrade of the entire OS and
reboot in new root. What an elegant, cost and time effective solution.
Brilliant.

Rant, rant...

Maybe. But is it wrong? Do you actually call the update method
elegant? How do you update just, for example, ssh to the latest
version of Solaris? Where are the patches?

Live Upgrade is an absolutely wonderful technique. Even when installing patches in production environments it's outstanding. You can always roll back to a previous state.

Either you go the Solaris way and then you patch (with LU if you are serious) or you go the Solaris Express way and then there are different ways to upgrade, patching is not one of them. LU is nice as it lets you roll back if the latest onnv had a glitch. If you want to be on the edge the BFU is the way to go. But then you also ruin the package system...

But lets see what comes out of Murdocks entrance to the scene...



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