Unattended linux updates

[dgcombs at gmail.com (Dan McGinn-Combs)]

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
>
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