Use of cfengine for automated, multi-platform software and patch distribution

Proceedings of the 14th Conference on Systems Administration, LISA 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 207-218

  Ressman, David ^a   Valdés, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; MULTI-PLATFORM; SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTIONS; SYSTEM FILES; SYSTEM SECURITY; THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE; UNIX SYSTEMS;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

EID: 85094682425     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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