What command should you run on the network to update the Red Hat computers, download the security package, force the package installation, and update all currently installed packages?

The bank where you work has 600 windows computers and 400 Red Hat computers which primarily serve as bank teller consoles. You have created a plan and deployed all the patches to the Windows computers and you are now working on updating the Red Hat computers.

What command should you run on the network to update the Red Hat computers, download the security package, force the package installation, and update all currently installed packages?
A . You should run the up2date -d -f -u command
B . You should run the up2data -u command
C . You should run the WSUS -d -f -u command.
D . You should type the sysupdate -d command

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Answer: A

Explanation:

The up2date command was used in older versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux to update installed packages to their latest available versions. The -d option downloads the packages without installing them, -f forces the installation of the package even if it is already installed, and -u updates all installed packages to the latest versions. However, it’s important to note that up2date has been replaced by yum and more recently by dnf in the newer versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. For the scenario described, where security is a concern and the systems are likely to be running a more current version of Red Hat, the correct command would be yum update or dnf upgrade.

Reference: The information is based on the standard practices for updating Red Hat systems as per the Red Hat Customer Portal and the ECCouncil’s Certified Network Defender course objectives. Specifically, the use of up2date is referenced from historical Red Hat documentation, while the replacement with yum and dnf is documented in more recent Red Hat Enterprise Linux system management guides1234.