Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 21:47:08 -0500 From: Brandon Schneider <brandon.schneider@icloud.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to have jails checked for out of date applications. Message-ID: <5418F62C.4090707@icloud.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409161944550.62193@wonkity.com> References: <5418BD41.4020602@icloud.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409161944550.62193@wonkity.com>
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Thanks, I actually found out that pkg -j JAILID or JAILNAME then version -vIL]= works as well! On 9/16/2014 8:50 PM, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 16 Sep 2014, Brandon Schneider wrote: > >> Hello everyone, a FreeBSD newbie here. I have my server set up with 8 >> jails or so, and I have been trying to figure out how to get an email >> when there are out of date applications installed in a jail. I >> currently have jailaudit installed, but it seems like "pkg version >> -vIL\= would serve the purpose on the host, but I'm not sure. I'm >> sure this is a common question, but I cannot seem to find an answer >> on Google. The jails are a mix of packages and ports if that makes >> much difference. I also use portmaster for the ports. > > That will not work as-is. It will only look at the host's package > database. To check the jails, see the pkg-version(8) man page about > the PKG_DBDIR environment variable. Set that to the jail's package > database directory, like /usr/jails/myjail/var/db/pkg, and then > pkg-version will check the jail's packages. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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