Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6

2012-10-26 Thread Sorin Srbu
-Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Frank Cox Sent: den 26 oktober 2012 00:19 To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6 So if I plan to log into it remotely, I'll have to have

Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6

2012-10-26 Thread Nux!
On 26.10.2012 08:27, Sorin Srbu wrote: -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Frank Cox Sent: den 26 oktober 2012 00:19 To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6 So if I

Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6

2012-10-26 Thread Birta Levente
On 26/10/2012 01:19, Frank Cox wrote: On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:19:24 +0100 (BST) Keith Roberts wrote: What about doing a ssh root login to the box from far away, and then running yum check-update, to see what the consequences of updating the box could do before commiting to the update first?

Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6

2012-10-26 Thread Mogens Kjaer
On 10/25/2012 10:01 PM, Mike Burger wrote: Then there's kernel updates, which require reboots, but which do not happen automatically upon installation...and if the system does not reboot, properly after that update, someone is going to have to lay hands on the keyboard. I have machines with

Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6

2012-10-26 Thread Giles Coochey
On 2012-10-26 08:27, Sorin Srbu wrote: -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Frank Cox Sent: den 26 oktober 2012 00:19 To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6 So if I

Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6

2012-10-26 Thread John Doe
From: Frank Cox thea...@melvilletheatre.com I am about to set up a computer with Centos 6 that I'll probably never see again.  I don't want to give out the root password, but I would like to have it automatically and transparently update itself. What about .rpmsave and .rpmnew files...? How

Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6

2012-10-26 Thread Lamar Owen
On Thursday, October 25, 2012 03:05:56 PM Frank Cox wrote: I am about to set up a computer with Centos 6 that I'll probably never see again. I don't want to give out the root password, but I would like to have it automatically and transparently update itself. Now, what I'm about to say may

Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6

2012-10-26 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 5:19 AM, John Doe jd...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Frank Cox thea...@melvilletheatre.com I am about to set up a computer with Centos 6 that I'll probably never see again. I don't want to give out the root password, but I would like to have it automatically and

Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6

2012-10-26 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Lamar Owen lo...@pari.edu wrote: But, having said all of that, it must be said that the SL update 'nondisruptive index' is not 100%; it is really close to 100%, but there have been a few niggles over the years. How many things have you had break from a Centos

Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6

2012-10-26 Thread Emmanuel Noobadmin
On 10/26/12, Sorin Srbu sorin.s...@orgfarm.uu.se wrote: -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Frank Cox Sent: den 26 oktober 2012 00:19 To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating

Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6

2012-10-26 Thread Stephen Harris
On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 01:02:51AM +0800, Emmanuel Noobadmin wrote: On 10/26/12, Sorin Srbu sorin.s...@orgfarm.uu.se wrote: How would one do that? Using an applet from eg Noip.com or something bashish that mails you the info? Personally, for systems on dynamic IPs that I need to be

Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6

2012-10-26 Thread Lamar Owen
On Friday, October 26, 2012 10:41:19 AM Les Mikesell wrote: On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Lamar Owen lo...@pari.edu wrote: But, having said all of that, it must be said that the SL update 'nondisruptive index' is not 100%; it is really close to 100%, but there have been a few niggles

Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6

2012-10-26 Thread Sorin Srbu
-Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Emmanuel Noobadmin Sent: den 26 oktober 2012 19:03 To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6 Personally, for systems on dynamic IPs

[CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6

2012-10-25 Thread Frank Cox
I am about to set up a computer with Centos 6 that I'll probably never see again. I don't want to give out the root password, but I would like to have it automatically and transparently update itself. What is the best way to do this? I have been looking at webpages about yum-cron and

Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6

2012-10-25 Thread Mike Burger
I am about to set up a computer with Centos 6 that I'll probably never see again. I don't want to give out the root password, but I would like to have it automatically and transparently update itself. What is the best way to do this? I have been looking at webpages about yum-cron and

Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6

2012-10-25 Thread Mike Burger
I am about to set up a computer with Centos 6 that I'll probably never see again. I don't want to give out the root password, but I would like to have it automatically and transparently update itself. What is the best way to do this? I have been looking at webpages about yum-cron and

Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6

2012-10-25 Thread Keith Roberts
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, Frank Cox wrote: To: centos@centos.org From: Frank Cox thea...@melvilletheatre.com Subject: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6 I am about to set up a computer with Centos 6 that I'll probably never see again. I don't want to give out the root

Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6

2012-10-25 Thread Michael Simpson
On 25 October 2012 21:19, Keith Roberts ke...@karsites.net wrote: On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, Frank Cox wrote: To: centos@centos.org From: Frank Cox thea...@melvilletheatre.com Subject: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6 I am about to set up a computer with Centos 6 that I'll

Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6

2012-10-25 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:19:24 +0100 (BST) Keith Roberts wrote: What about doing a ssh root login to the box from far away, and then running yum check-update, to see what the consequences of updating the box could do before commiting to the update first? As far as I know, while it will have

Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6

2012-10-25 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Frank Cox thea...@melvilletheatre.com wrote: So if I plan to log into it remotely, I'll have to have it report its current address to me on occasion. Which probably wouldn't be a bad thing, anyway. Or, if someone else will be logging in and you just don't

Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6

2012-10-25 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:50:49 -0500 Les Mikesell wrote: Or, if someone else will be logging in and you just don't want to give them root access, you could set up sudo access to a script that does a 'yum -y update' and then asks if they want to reboot. I did consider that, but if it doesn't

Re: [CentOS] Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6

2012-10-25 Thread Scott Silva
on 10/25/2012 3:54 PM Frank Cox spake the following: On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:50:49 -0500 Les Mikesell wrote: Or, if someone else will be logging in and you just don't want to give them root access, you could set up sudo access to a script that does a 'yum -y update' and then asks if they