This example shows how to use the ftp command to get a signed Solaris 8 patch from the SunSolve Online site. Then, the example shows how to use the smpatch add command to apply the signed patch to the system.
# ftp sunsolve.sun.com Connected to sunsolve.sun.com. 220- 220-Welcome to the SunSolve Online FTP server. 220- 220-Public users may log in as anonymous. ... Name (sunsolve.sun.com:root): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. Password: xxx 230- 230-SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. ... 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. ftp> cd signed_patches 250 CWD command successful. ftp> get 112846-01.jar /var/sadm/spool/112846-01.jar 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for 112846-01.jar (22524 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. local: /var/sadm/spool/112846-01 remote: 112846-01.jar 22613 bytes received in 0.065 seconds (341.70 Kbytes/s) ftp> quit # smpatch add -i 112846-01 On machine "earth/172.20.27.27" ... Installing patch 112846-01 ... Purging /var/sadm/spool/112846-01 |