Upgrading ASL

ASL 3.0

ASL 3.0 uses the internal upgrade management system in ASL. You can upgrade ASL by following these steps:

Step 1) Check to make sure you have ASL set to upgrade itself

Step 2) Run this command as root:

asl -u

Step 3) Set the new security policy, by running this command as root:

asl -s -f

This configures all of the ASL updates for your unique system. This command is perfectly safe to run at any time even if you have not upgraded any ASL components.

Step 4) Please see the release notes, which include additional information when upgrading from 2.2 to 3.0:

Atomic_Secured_Linux#ASL_3.0_Release_Notes ASL 3.0 Release Notes

ASL 2.2

ASL 2.2 uses the RPM package management system. You can upgrade ASL by using the following command:

yum upgrade

When you have completed upgrading any component of ASL you must run this command to finish configuring your system:

asl -s -f

This configures all of the ASL updates for your unique system. This command is perfectly safe to run at any time even if you have not upgraded any ASL components.

ASL 3.0

ASL 3.0 uses the RPM package management system. You can upgrade ASL by using the following command:

yum upgrade

When you have completed upgrading any component of ASL you must run this command to finish configuring your system:

asl -s -f

This configures all of the ASL updates for your unique system. This command is perfectly safe to run at any time even if you have not upgraded any ASL components.