By default, if run without any option or operand, pca shows a list of all. The solaris 10 system software includes aset, which helps you monitor and control system security by automatically performing tasks you would otherwise do manually. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. The default no flags causes lastlog entries to be printed, sorted by their order in etcpasswd. New solaris 10 os patches are now available from mos by the tuesday closest to 17th of each month.
If i ever delete the file, or rename it, or have a logrotate. To determine how long a solaris 10 system has been without patching, i remotely check the following from a linux system, because gnu date is handy. Command to find out when the patches are installed in solaris. Recommended patches for solaris 10 marco milooracle jun 7, 20 6.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the rss 2. The best option would be to cylce the file from time to time. The solaris 10 release notes documents important installation and runtime issues and bugs. We no need to bring down the server to single user mode if you are using live upgrade method during pathing and b efore choosing live upgrade,make sure you are using zfs as a root filesystem. My varlog lastlog file is getting mighty huge, and i was wondering how i go about rotating it successfully. Which is causing a cpu spike when i try to copybackup the file. The solaris 10 cpus critical patch updates on mos are archived copies of the solaris 10 recommended patchsets taken on the cpu date. This kind of check can help you to detect potential problems. Hi, the last kernel patch for solaris 10 x86 sorry i can t remember the patch id, but the revision is 30, available from sun update manager screwed up my system. This page was generated from the files in the modules. Hi, any one can share, how to view the varadm lastlog file in solaris. Patch installation instructions for solaris systems sun java.
Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware. Solaris 10 1008 operating system patch list oracle docs. Find last patched date on oracle solaris unixarena. The best way to find the last login for each individual is to use the lastlog command. Recommended patchset for solaris 10 january 2016 solaris blog. Minimum requirements for solaris 10 in guest ldoms on m7. Lastlog lastlog cruzfling technicaluser op 27 jun 02 16. The login program prints the time of last login and updates it. My understanding is that showrev p would show patches but not the date they were installed. The patches that are listed in this chapter have been applied to the solaris 10 operating system in one of the following ways. To begin with, the system is only several months old.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. As to format, i never really took the time to worry about it so i cant help you, there. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. We no need to bring down the server to single user mode if you are using live upgrade method during pathing and before choosing live upgrade,make sure you are using zfs as a root filesystem. Solaris needs to track its installed configuration. Verifying operating system patches on oracle solaris 10.
Solaris 10 1008 operating system patch list solaris 10 10. Release history for the splunk addon for unix and linux splunk. I recently had a java project where i had to build a report of each accounts last login date and time on linux and solaris systems. Note until the oracle solaris 10 1 sparc bundle has been installed, oracle solaris 10 811 supports only 512 cpus and 3840 gbytes of memory. The size of the file varloglastlog can appear to be overly large on some systems, most especially in 64 bit architectures. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool. The commands, last and logins due not provide enough information. Patches are not required for servers running solaris 10 1008 os or later. Bigadmin submitted tech tip system log rotation utilizing logadm for solaris 9, solaris 10 by kristopher march today, most system administrators are looking for ways to maximize their time at work and are always finding new and efficient ways of carrying out their daily tasks. Does anyone know of a command that would show the list of patches installed and the date it was installed. How to troubleshoot solaris 10 smf service management. See release notes for the splunk addon for unix and linux for release notes of. Solaris 10 was originally launched in january 2005, and over its lifespan has introduced a ton of ground breaking features, like the zfs volume managerfilesystem, dtrace, zones, service management facility, trusted extensions and more.
But the recommendation is always to use the latest solaris 10 recommended patchset. Before installing the agent, it is recommended that you upgrade your system with the latest security patches. Solaris 10 extended support will run thru january 2021. For details about the commands, see the sparc enterprise. The file is a sparse file with each lastlog records stored at offsets determined by the uid. The size of the file varlog lastlog can appear to be overly large on some systems, most especially in 64 bit architectures. Solaris 10 1008 operating system patch list solaris 10. For a limited time sunsolve will provide access to all solaris 10 patches. To add and remove patches on solaris systems, use the patchadd and patchrm commands, which are provided with the os. Problem from content of varadmlastlog solutions experts. It does just package upgrade on every update for fixes. To check if your operating system has the required oracle solaris 10 patches for installation, run the following command. The solaris table that is directly equivalent is varadm lastlog, which is not mentioned in oracle doco.
However, there was until the software died at oracle a third party lastlog program written by richard hamilton available. By default, if run without any option or operand, pca shows a list of all patches which are not installed in their most recent revision. The lastlog file in linux is a binary file containing struct lastlog records for each uid that has logged in. The file is a series of struct lastlog objects, indexed by user id. Aset performs seven tasks, making specific checks and adjustments to system files and permissions to ensure system security. The csource for the lastlog command is surprisingly straightforward and shouldnt be too hard to compile under windows. May 19, 2009 solaris 10 patch return codes may 19, 2009 by gleb reys 4 comments now that some of the systems i have to regularly patch are solaris 10 ones, i have to get used to the new patch return codes which one can see when applying one of the suns recommended patchsets. Earlier it has global is solaris 10, container is 10. I had to install the system from scratch couple of months back after a hard disk crash. Liveupgrade from solaris 9 to solaris 10 sysadmins journey. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem.
Fields are not getting extracted for auditd, lastlog and netstat source type. The patches that are listed in this chapter have been applied to the solaris 10 operating system in. First of all check for the varcore files, whether it generated any core. No data is ever deleted, and to roll back to solaris 9, all you need is one command and a reboot. How to check last login time for users in linux golinuxhub. The solaris 10 10 08 patch list provides a list of patches preapplied to the solaris 10 10 08 release. Patch installation instructions for solaris systems before you install the solaris patch, make sure that you have backed up the files listed in preinstallation considerations. Run the enable nfs support solaris 10 task to enable the nfs protocol. The loginname, port, and last login time will be printed. The readme, the install log, plus and backout scripts for patches you installed are copied to varsadm patches, not the actual patches themselves. As far as i know patches were never made available for that. It operates off a different table in the login accounting database, the log of login events table.
The varlog lastlog file stores user last login information. The system is still booting but in maintenance mode. Jan 22, 2017 latest solaris 10 patch bundles i dont know if its just my own ignorance or oracle purposely obfuscating the latest patch bundles for solaris but i recently had a hell of a time finding the january 2017 patch bundle for solaris 10. You can add a persistent or nonpersistent share with different access levels. So if one of these contains 15040015, use can use that.
This document provides easy access to special categories of sun product patches and updates from my oracle support. Lets find the last patched date on oracle solaris server. Click on that highlighted link to get the below screen where you can start os patch bundle download. This is binary file and act as database times of previous user logins. Traditional method non live upgrade by admin this post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of patching for whatever reason they want to. The updated solaris 10 os recommended patchset will be available by the next day, wednesday, assuming there are new patches released which meet its inclusion criteria that is, patches which address security or other critical issues. This command will extract data from the lastlog file varlog lastlog and display the last login recorded. Heres how to leverage liveupgrade to safely upgrade from solaris 9 to solaris 10 using a spare disk. The builtin solaris tool, logadm, is one way to do so. The recommended os patchset solaris 10 sparc provides the minimum set of patches needed to address security and sun alert issues, and selected issues identified by oracle proactive services and the oracle technical support center, for the solaris 10 operating system for sparc. The default value for the resource control names related to above four ipc tunables on solaris 10 are. There were a total of 24 solaris 10 patches, including kernel updates, and 4 patchsets released on mos. The sun patch page provides all the patches for your specific system configuration. Pca is a perl script which generates lists of installed and missing patches for oracle solaris systems and optionally downloads and installs patches.
With solaris 10, patching the global zone will install the patches on all zones by default, unless the affected package isnt installed on the target zone or you explicitly ask to install the patch on the global zone only g. I highly recommend upgrading to a current release, either solaris 10 update 9 or solaris 11 express. How to find the oracle solaris critical patch update cpu. Apr 19, 2017 oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool and 298 other security bugs mega load of updates lands for tons of big red gear by iain thomson in san francisco 19 apr 2017 at 00. Update, see the solaris 10 release and installation. A sparse file is a file that contains unallocated blocks or empty space, as it implies, it does not actually take up filesystem space. Solaris operating system version 10 1 u11 to 10 1 u11 release 10. Download the latest solaris 10 patches using patchfinder and find updated support content using the sunsolve knowledgebase. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool and 298 other security bugs mega load of updates lands for tons of big red gear by. Im trying to find a way to report on the most recent login for all users on my solaris 10 server. Recommended patches for solaris 10 oracle community.
Run the add nfs share solaris 10 task to add the path to the nfs share. Scott lynn put together a very informative blog on solaris 10. Nov 28, 2012 this entry was posted on 20121128 at 17. Consequently, the patchadd command includes the new g option, which adds a patch only to the global zone. New in the solaris 9 operating system, logadm is found in. Update the question so its ontopic for server fault.
After this promotion ends, solaris 10 security fixes will remain available to everyone. Solaris 10 get latest installed patches server fault. In 2010, after the sun acquisition by oracle, it was renamed oracle solaris solaris is known for its scalability, especially on sparc systems, and for originating many innovative features such as dtrace, zfs and time slider. Q1 is there any risks if i delete files in those directories. Linux remove or clear the last login information nixcraft. Oracle solaris 10 811 mandatory patches this version of the os is supported only in guest domains. These release notes also include endofsoftware support. Then yes, youre running an old solaris express development release. Tool for cleaning wtmp, utmp, and lastlog under linux. The way to do this is, we reencapsulate the unencapsulated rootmirror disk under svm and mirror it with the original root disk. Solaris systems use the var directory to store logs and other local files so that the operating system can support other directories being mounted as read only, sometimes from file servers elsewhere on the network. Although similar information can be extracted from wtmpx4 using last1, reading the lastlog may be simpler or quicker if.
See what topics can i ask about here in the help center. For an example,if your systems are running with solaris 10 807 update4,then select that and select the right platform. Solaris patching documentation center oracle technology. Jun 06, 2018 solaris 10 was originally launched in january 2005, and over its lifespan has introduced a ton of ground breaking features, like the zfs volume managerfilesystem, dtrace, zones, service management facility, trusted extensions and more. Patches released after the solaris 10 1008 release can be found on the my oracle support. Patching best practices for the solaris 10 os with sam the sysadmin. Solaris 10 patches now on monthly release cadence oracle. But eventually all good things must continue reading how to get to solaris 10 patches post premier support.
Solaris is a proprietary unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems. The solaris 10 1008 patch list provides a list of patches preapplied to the solaris 10 1008 release. As per part of take over i need to apply latest security patch in solaris 10 zone1,zone2 and zone3, but global is solaris 11. In solaris 11, there is no classification for packages or patches. How to get to solaris 10 patches post premier support tales. Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. Since it is much better resource and performancewise to read a file once and obtain the necessary information instead of creating one or more subprocesses to issue operating system commands i decided to directly read the lastlog file to determine each account.
Could anybody tell me the format of varadmlastlog for solaris 2. Every time a users loginlogout from your system, the file is updated. Solution i run cat devnull varadm lastlog and recovered space under fs but var still showing pretty high, this is happening in solaris 10 global zone article installing the solaris 9 os from a flash archive dynamically. Now, as advised in this answer, i first checked the offending log files using tail, no surprise there. Patch installation instructions for solaris systems sun.
How to get to solaris 10 patches post premier support. You need to use lastlog command to formats and prints the contents of the last login log varlog lastlog file. Illusion isnt like every logs cleaner on earth, its also able to check in. Run the following to command to find the last installed packages patches. Solaris 10 1 patchset released and latest solaris 10. Thats why the edit funtions no matter if you use sed, vi, tail, head or whatever. Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. The lastlog command shows the most recent login of all users or of a given user.
If you want to deploy patches through an nfs share, complete the following steps. This is a binary file that gets updated upon each user login. Patches released after the solaris 10 10 08 release can be found on the my oracle support. How can i determine the last time a solaris machine was patched. The patches contained in this patchset are considered the most.