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Difficulty | Easy (rss) |
Root privileges | Yes |
Requirements | None |
Time | 5m |
Find out current FreeBSD release
Type the following command:
uname -mrs
OR
uname -a
Sample outputs:
FreeBSD netbook02 10.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE #0 r260789: Thu Jan 16 22:34:59 UTC 2014 root@snap.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
FreeBSD install security updates and patch the server
Type the following command on a newly installed FreeBSD server:
# freebsd-update fetch install
Sample outputs:
freebsd-update fetch install Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 5 mirrors found. Fetching metadata signature for 10.0-RELEASE from update4.freebsd.org... done. Fetching metadata index... done. Inspecting system... done. Preparing to download files... done. The following files will be updated as part of updating to 10.0-RELEASE-p5: /bin/freebsd-version /boot/kernel/ciss.ko /boot/kernel/ciss.ko.symbols /boot/kernel/kernel /boot/kernel/kernel.symbols /boot/kernel/nfsd.ko /boot/kernel/nfsd.ko.symbols /etc/defaults/rc.conf /lib/libcrypto.so.7 /rescue/[ /rescue/atmconfig /rescue/badsect .... ... .. /usr/src/etc/defaults/rc.conf /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh /usr/src/sys/dev/ciss/ciss.c /usr/src/sys/fs/nfsserver/nfs_nfsdserv.c /usr/src/sys/kern/kern_exec.c /usr/src/sys/netinet/tcp_reass.c /usr/src/sys/sys/proc.h /usr/src/sys/vm/vm_map.c /var/db/mergemaster.mtree Installing updates... done.
Reboot the FreeBSD server
Type the following command:
# reboot
Verify new system
Type the following command:
# uname -mrs
OR
# uname -a
Sample outputs:
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