Re: Windows SUS

From: Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers (bugtraq_at_planetcobalt.net)
Date: 05/08/04

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    Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 15:50:26 +0200
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com

    On 2004-05-05 hartmann@thestar.com.my wrote:
    > well... I had done all that and the SUS is running on client as
    > expected. The only problem is that when it comes to the time to
    > install, It prompt the user whether to install the downloaded patches
    > now or later. I would like to have it installed automatically at the
    > background without any user interaction.
    > I push it through the AD group policy.

    Have you set the appropriate policies described in the SUS Deployment
    White Paper (section "Configuring the Automatic Updates client
    software")?

    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/sus/susdeployment.mspx

    Regards
    Ansgar Wiechers

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