RE: automatic update on Mac OS X

["matt willson" <mwillson () sbcglobal net>]

I currently, don't run Mac OS X, so I cannot say for sure. I would
assume that they disabled this feature to cut back on unneccessary
services running, to improve system performance, and that might
otherwise evolve into a known security risk? Similar is the case with
winXP.

Just my 2 cents


-----Original Message-----
From: Zachary Mutrux [mailto:zmutrux () compumentor org] 
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 9:17 AM
To: Security-Basics
Subject: automatic update on Mac OS X

Is there a way to automate the download and installation of updates in
Mac
OS X? In Mac OS 9, the Software Update Control Panel included a checkbox
labeled "Ask me before installing new software". If you unchecked the
box,
patches would be automatically installed. That checkbox doesn't exist in
Mac
OS X.

I have done some searching on google, but didn't come up with a way to
automate patch application. I'm just wondering if anyone knows how to do
this. An AppleScript, maybe? Scheduled as a cron job?

Thanks,

Zac


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Zac Mutrux
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