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Unattended linux updates
From: dgcombs at gmail.com (Dan McGinn-Combs)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:57:18 -0400
I can't wait to see the responses for this one. I used to have a Gentoo server auto-update itself. What a pain in the pah-tooey. I recently tried it with an ARCH linux box. No go. For some reason the PERL update wouldn't download and it kept bombing out. I'm not a big fan of permitting auto-updates on Linux. - Dan On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Nathan Sweaney <NSweaney at tulsacash.com>wrote:
Is anyone experienced with unattended updates with any linux distros? I have a client who has 20 or so boxes with very minimal requirements. Basically they just need to run & keep themselves updated with minimal interaction. Security is the primary reason for wanting to do the updates as the local networks also host other systems that are somewhat varied. There won?t be any externally-accessible services running and unless there are problems no one will ever interact with the boxes. They don?t even have keyboards, mice or monitors. Any recommendations for a linux distro that can auto-update with minimal problems? - Nathan _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list Pauldotcom at mail.pauldotcom.com http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
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