RE: automatic update on Mac OS X
From: matt willson (mwillson_at_sbcglobal.net)
Date: 08/30/03
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To: "'Zachary Mutrux'" <zmutrux@compumentor.org>, "'Security-Basics'" <security-basics@securityfocus.com> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 20:48:04 -0700
I currently, don't run Mac OS X, so I cannot say for sure. I would
assume that they disabled this feature to cut back on unneccessary
services running, to improve system performance, and that might
otherwise evolve into a known security risk? Similar is the case with
winXP.
Just my 2 cents
-----Original Message-----
From: Zachary Mutrux [mailto:zmutrux@compumentor.org]
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 9:17 AM
To: Security-Basics
Subject: automatic update on Mac OS X
Is there a way to automate the download and installation of updates in
Mac
OS X? In Mac OS 9, the Software Update Control Panel included a checkbox
labeled "Ask me before installing new software". If you unchecked the
box,
patches would be automatically installed. That checkbox doesn't exist in
Mac
OS X.
I have done some searching on google, but didn't come up with a way to
automate patch application. I'm just wondering if anyone knows how to do
this. An AppleScript, maybe? Scheduled as a cron job?
Thanks,
Zac
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