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50 Chapter 3 Installing Server Software and Finishing Basic Setup
To validate a server software serial number:
$ sudo serversetup -verifyServerSerialNumber
serialnumber
watermarkinformation
Displays 0 if the serial number is valid, or 1 if the serial number is invalid.
Serial numbers generated for the server can be generated with watermarks so that
they can be tracked to a specific company, group, or individual. If a serial number has
watermarking strings associated with it, then it is necessary to supply the watermark
information when setting or validating the serial number.
To check whether a serial number is site licensed:
$ sudo serversetup -issitelicensedserialnumber
Updating Server Software
You can use the softwareupdate tool to check for and install software updates over the
Internet from Apple’s website.
To check for available updates:
$ sudo softwareupdate --list
The output will be similar to the following:
Software Update Tool
Copyright 2002-2005 Apple
Software Update found the following new or updated software:
- WebObjects5.3.1ServerUpdate-5.3.1
WebObjects5.3.1 Server Update (5.3.1), 29110K [recommmended] [restart]
* J2SE50Release3-3.0
**PRERELEASE** J2SE 5.0 Release 3 (8M318) (3.0), 44020K [recommmended]
- AirPort-1.0
AirPort Update 2005-001 (1.0), 1440K [restart]
To install an update:
$ sudo softwareupdate --install
update-version
Some updates require that you agree to a license agreement. To work around this in an
automated command-line environment, execute the following command before
running
softwareupdate:
$ command_line_install=1 export command_line_install
Parameter Description
update-version
The hyphenated product version string that appears in the list of
updates when you use the
--list option.