That could be a problem for larger numbers of machines. At some point, exersizing greater control over the repositories, and automating package testing for a representative (and local) subset of machines, will probably have some payback in time and effort. >>> Clay Fandre <clay at fandre.com> 07/29/04 02:00PM >>> Yes, you never want to do an automatic update. You're just asking for trouble. Instead have the cron download the updates so they are ready and waiting for you... 11 0 * * * /usr/bin/apt-get update && /usr/bin/apt-get -d -u -y dist-upgrade && /usr/bin/apt-get autoclean On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Matthew S. Hallacy wrote: > On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 09:46:28AM -0500, gregwm wrote: > > hi, > > > > what about security updates? with redhat/whitebox i can have a comfy > > feeling that a daily cron job keeps my system secure with no surprise > > changes in functionality. > > Ah yes, I once cron'd apt-get update && apt-get upgrade on a debian system, > woke up at 3am to a flurry of alarms.. Some upgraded package had decided that > I wanted the system to act as a NAT router, requiring a 70 mile drive and > a lot of hair pulling. > > RedHat is smart, my package installer is not my package configurator, > installing updates RPM's does not randomly do bad things or "guess" what > I want in my absense. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list