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Hi Joel,
Have a look at the opatch tool:
$ perl $ORACLE_BASE/OPatch/opatch.pl lsinventory
You will find OPatch at Metalink/Patch-Number: 2617419
You need metalink access to get it though.
Also have a look at
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1120074,00.asp?kc=EWAV10209KTX1K010
0440 - beware of wrapping of the URL. a recent article where Mary Ann
Davidson says Oracle are writing a free patch checker and free scanning
tool.
I have asked Mary Ann about the patch tool and she said it is not opatch - it is an Oracle Enterprise Manager facility that (in addition to other health checks) will determine whether you have applied critical security patches.
Watch out for it.
hth
kind regards
Pete
-- Pete Finnigan email:pete_at_petefinnigan.com Web site: http://www.petefinnigan.com - Oracle security audit specialists Book:Oracle security step-by-step Guide - see http://store.sans.org for details.Received on Thu Dec 11 2003 - 16:38:41 CST