Opensuse

Discover to which package a file belongs to

With the right Linux software tools, it is easy to find to which package a file belongs. Or the opposite, what files are part of an installed package.

Summary

Discover quickly which file(s) and package are matched together.

Audit SuSE with zypper: vulnerable packages

Stay up-to-date with security patching is part of a decent security management process. This article looks into vulnerable packages on OpenSuSE.

Summary

Proper software management is an important part in keeping your system secured. Acting on time is important, especially when network services have discovered security vulnerabilities. Vulnerable packages Usually packages with known security vulnerabilities, get priority and updates are soon available. The risk in installing these packages is fairly low, as they don’t introduce new features. Instead, they fix the related security hole, which sometimes is nothing more than 1 single character!