I am trying to automate the patch deployment. Can this article be used for Windoes 2000 and 2003?

Barbaros 6/4/2004 1:48:38 PM

Great article! Good info.
Thanks

Kent Karrer 8/11/1999 2:52:40 PM

Interesting and timely article...though it did fall sadly short in some areas. Of particular interest was the complete absence of any mention of Perl. ActiveState's ActivePerl is an excellent tool...one that every sysadmin should become familiar with...it's too bad Microsoft didn't see fit to provide such a scripting engine for NT.

Perl can be used to query all NT systems across the enterprise for a variety of information...to include SP and hotfix levels...use Win32::Registry, or Win32::TieRegistry. Want to get/set permissions on a file, directory, or Registry key? Dave Roth's Win32::Perms is the answer. Jens Helberg did an outstanding job with Win32::Lanman.

Perl can be used to secure an enterprise worth of NT machines from a single location. Want to roll out hotfixes? Put the hotfix on a share and submit AT jobs across the enterprise...automate this with Win32::Lanman, or use soon.exe from the RK.

Good article. Timely. However, it fails to leverage the technology that is available....

K

HC 8/5/1999 1:02:12 PM