'Push' a MS patch to 85 workstations?

[Tsuru]

Is there a easy way to push the new Sasser security path
from Microsoft out to 85 workstations vs. going around to
each one? I have downloaded the patch itself. Thx in
advance.

 

[BeamGuy]

My IT department has VNC installed on all our machines. I changed the
password though - so they must at least ask me before tinking. I'm way
ahead of them on patching my system anyway.

 

[Tsuru]

I'm using VNC but do not want to have to connect to each
and every workstation to do it. Is there a script command
that I can add to the logon script that would 'push' this
security patch out? And, without the user needing local
admin rights to install it?

-----Original Message-----
My IT department has VNC installed on all our machines. I changed the
password though - so they must at least ask me before tinking. I'm way
ahead of them on patching my system anyway.


"Tsuru" <[email protected]> wrote in

message news:[email protected]...

 

[Gerry Voras]

Depending on the patch... it might have a silent mode (/s) built into it.
If it does, then edit the network login script to install the patch silently
during user login.

 

[Jason Hall [MSFT]]

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Sender: "Tsuru" <[email protected]>
Subject: 'Push' a MS patch to 85 workstations?
Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 10:11:13 -0700

Is there a easy way to push the new Sasser security path
from Microsoft out to 85 workstations vs. going around to
each one? I have downloaded the patch itself. Thx in
advance.

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With 85 workstations, it is well worth your while to install an SUS server
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=A7AA96E4-6E41-4F54-
972C-AE66A4E4BF6C&displaylang=en
Once you get it all configured, hotfixes from now on are a breeze

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[Gerry Voras]

Care to define what "SUS" is?

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With 85 workstations, it is well worth your while to install an SUS server
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=A7AA96E4-6E41-4F54-
972C-AE66A4E4BF6C&displaylang=en
Once you get it all configured, hotfixes from now on are a breeze

--
~~ JASON HALL ~~
~ Performance Support Specialist,
~ Microsoft Enterprise Platforms Support
~ This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
~ Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at
http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm
~ Note: For the benefit of the community-at-large, all responses to this
message are best directed to the newsgroup/thread from which they
originated.

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Care to define what "SUS" is?

Hi

Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS) is a kind of "Windows Update"
server you can set up inside your own network, where you centrally
approve what security updates is to be distributed to the clients.

The clients use Automatic Update to connect to the SUS server and
download and install updates that apply to that computer (note that
there is no Windows Update GUI available).

More here:

Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/sus/default.mspx

Patch Management Using Microsoft Software Update Services - Operations Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/msm/swdist/pmsusog.asp

Note that the current version will only install critical updates and security
rollup packages (SRPs), as well as SP4 for Win2k and SP1 for WinXP.

A new version is in the works (SUS 2.0, renamed to WUS):
http://groups.google.com/[email protected]

SUS needs to be installed on a IIS server. Supports Win2k, WinXP and Win2k3
clients only. SP1 for WinXP and SP3/4 for Win2k installs the WU/SUS client as
default.


Fyi, there is a separate newsgroup for SUS:

microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs

URL to the group softwareupdatesvcs for those who uses the Web
interface to access the newsgroups:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsser...t.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.softwareupdatesvcs

A Web site about SUS with a FAQ and a SUS forum:
http://www.susserver.com/

More SUS Web sites:
http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/sus/faq.html
http://www.faqshop.com/sus/default.htm

 

[Gerry Voras]

Cool... I'll check it out. Old dog, new tricks...