Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-security (575 mails)

[Markus Gaugusch <markus@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Nov 21, DJ <linux_programmer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When we run SuSE update, are the security fixes included?
Yes, normally all updates announced by SuSE are available via YOU.

> Is there a way to view only security fixes for 8.1 at SuSE?
Each patch has a category, all patches with category security contain
security fixes. I just looked, security fixes are marked in red on the
graphical interface of YaST2.

I'd suggest you to try fou4s (http://fou4s.gaugusch.at/), it offers you
the possibility to install security fixes only (fou4s -is) as well as
automatic checking/downloading/updating. I think this functionality is in
YOU of SuSE 8.1, too, but yast2 online_update --help doesn't give any
information about it :(

> How do you tell if an application has the fix on or not?  For example,
> if someone takes over the management of the system and they want to
> validate what is on and what isn't?
Just run YOU or fou4s and everything should be safe.

kind regards,
Markus Gaugusch

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