Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 16:18:40 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> To: Questions FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: meinreinhof@mep.nist.gov Subject: Re: Software management Message-ID: <20011018161840.U3734@ns2.wananchi.com> In-Reply-To: <JPEELEKOHJAADFDHOEOFOEBBCBAA.meinreinhof@mep.nist.gov> References: <JPEELEKOHJAADFDHOEOFOEBBCBAA.meinreinhof@mep.nist.gov>
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* Mark <meinreinhof@mep.nist.gov> [20011018 15:17]: writing on the subject =
'Software management'
| Is there any program for software management, free or commercial? I'm
| looking for something that can poll a machine to cough up what software is
| on it to get a better handle on what patches are needed, licensing
| compliance, etc.
Lieutenant,
Are you running and thinking about Windows or FreeBSD (because this list is=
for FreeBSD)?
For FreeBSD, I have a list of all the software installed in /var/db/pkg/ an=
d all I need
is a simple 'ls -al' to get the details. Maybe 'ls -al | lpr' to print that=
out.
In FreeBSD, you have to be awake - always see what they have changed via th=
e web. That
way you'll know what needs patching. I'm not sure how you'll get to know wh=
at is 'commercial'
but since you bought it, don't you have records?
I sincerely don't mean to get at you. Maybe I did not quite understand your=
question but the=20
simple answer is NO. Others might have divergent views (this list is about =
views and opinions)
and may even know better than I do, as it happens more often than not ;-)
-Wash
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