Hello Roberto, In fact "uname -a" report patch level BUT if you update your system by freebsd-update, patch level could be an old one. As discuss here http://forums.freebsd.org/archive/index.php/t-20154.html
Regards Cedric -----Message d'origine----- De : owner-freebsd-secur...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-secur...@freebsd.org] De la part de Roberto Envoyé : jeudi 9 août 2012 15:39 À : Károly Arnhoffer Cc : freebsd-security@freebsd.org Objet : RE: getting the running patch level Importance : Haute just a try on the server: -------------- % uname -a FreeBSD xxxx.yyyyy 9.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Jan 3 07:46:30 UTC 2012 r...@farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC zzzz % -------------- and with the update command: -------------- # freebsd-update fetch ... No updates needed to update system to 9.0-RELEASE-p4 -------------- so I think uname will NOT give me enough info on the running os patchlevel (p4), maybe uname could be useful when the kernel itself is updated in the update process and the system rebooted; or I am probably missing something ... regards Roberto On Thu, August 9, 2012 13:44, Károly Arnhoffer wrote: > Hi, > > As I can remember > # uname -a > provides this information. > > Regards, > Karoly > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-secur...@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-secur...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Roberto > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 11:44 AM > To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org > Subject: getting the running patch level > > > Hi all, > I would like to know if there is a command or a way to retrieve the > "patch level" (the handbook defines it "builds names" like > 7.0-RELEASE-p1) of the running system: just an example, if I run: > > # freebsd-update fetch > ... > No updates needed to update system to 9.0-RELEASE-p4 > > > or: > ... > The following files will be updated as part of updating to 9.0-RELEASE-p4: > ... > > but this give me no info about the current system; I tried a brief > search in config file but no luck; > > again the question is: > is there a way to determine for a running server which "patch level" > is currently at ? > > thanks > Roberto > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
