Hi, I was just wondering there if there is anything/setup to make a Samba 3/4 PDC to fetch MS Windows Updates from the Microsoft website and push it to the clients. Some thing Like WSUS? If it is not already th ere is there any plans to add this functionality to Samba? I am wondering how updates are done on Windows Machines under a Samba domain. The data transfer multiplies with the no. of clients right? May be one way is to put a caching server like Squid on the firewall and allow the cache to serve the requested file. Is there any other/better way than this? Thankyou so much Kind Regards Siju
-----Original Message----- From: Siju George [mailto:sgeorge.ml@gmail.com] Sent: 20 February 2007 09:21 To: Ellison, David Subject: Re: [Samba] Windows Updates management using Samba On 2/20/07, Ellison, David <david.ellison@atkinsglobal.com> wrote:> Hmm, I am not sure if you want to just point your windows clients to > windows update, purely because an update could potentially break your > machines (it is possible with Microsoft ;) ). > > As far as I know, you should be able to get the updates via the > website, downloaded the .exe, test they work ok, then deploy using > http://wpkg.org/. It can deploy silently etc. May be worth a look. I > use this to deploy software after a computer OS rebuild. >Thanks a million David :-) kind Regards Siju This message has been scanned for viruses by MailControl - (see http://bluepages.wsatkins.co.uk/?6875772) This email and any attached files are confidential and copyright protected. If you are not the addressee, any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing, nothing stated in this communication shall be legally binding. The ultimate parent company of the Atkins Group is WS Atkins plc. Registered in England No. 1885586. Registered Office Woodcote Grove, Ashley Road, Epsom, Surrey KT18 5BW. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to.
Siju George schrieb:> Hi, > > I was just wondering there if there is anything/setup to make a Samba > 3/4 PDC to fetch MS Windows Updates from the Microsoft website and > push it to the clients. Some thing Like WSUS? > > If it is not already th ere is there any plans to add this > functionality to Samba? > > I am wondering how updates are done on Windows Machines under a Samba > domain. > The data transfer multiplies with the no. of clients right? > > May be one way is to put a caching server like Squid on the firewall > and allow the cache to serve the requested file. > > Is there any other/better way than this? > > Thankyou so much > > Kind Regards > > SijuHi , you can use http://www.heise.de/ct/ftp/projekte/offlineupdate/ctupdate303.zip this is a script which makes win updates but its not real samba related, but very handy anyway -- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Best Regards Robert Schetterer https://www.schetterer.org Munich/Bavaria/Germany