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Unattended linux updates
From: matthew.lye at ubuntu.com (Matthew Lye)
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:04:21 +1000
I think they all can, it just depends what you are after. I would edit /etc/rc.local to add the lines in that will update the OS, for a apt based one such as Debian or Ubuntu it would be: apt-get update && upgrade Then it would update itself automatically on boot. Also if you want it to be completely unattended you should probably look at something with good update screening like CentOS, which I believe uses yum. Personally I've had no problems with Ubuntu and its arguably the most user friendly. I should also point out that I am a member of Ubuntu. -Matthew Lye <No tree's were harmed during this transmission. However, a great number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 5:20 AM, 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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