Superglue
This page contains information about Superglue, a Solaris system patching tool developed by the CITES Workstation Group.
Superglue is a tool developed by the CITES Workstation Services Group that helps automate the patching of Solaris machines.
Although patching is a crucial step in maintaining system security, it can be slow and tedious work, particularly if you maintain several machines. Superglue was designed to take the burden of patching off of the system administrator, making it more likely that patches will be applied regularly. To use Superglue, all you need to do is mount the Superglue directory on your machine and run the program. Superglue takes care of the rest.
| OS | Superglue mount point |
|---|---|
| Solaris | solaris-patches.cites.uiuc.edu:/services/patches |
As root:
- /sbin/mount (mount point) /mnt
- /mnt/superglue --this step can take a while depending on number of patches, machine speed, and network speed
- /sbin/umount /mnt
Please note that the scheduled maintenance period for the Solaris Superglue server is Tuesdays from 1730-1900 (5:30pm - 7:00pm). We strongly recommend that you plan your system patching activities accordingly.
Superglue is provided on an as-is basis and is not officially supported by CITES. Comments on the service may be sent to cites-wsg@uiuc.edu.