Hi again,
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Greg Meyer wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 June 2003 06:37 am, Joerg Mertin wrote:
> > So - any hints/tips welcome ...
> >
> I have my server running Mandrake 9.0. It runs httpd, samba, nfs, print queu
> mgmt with cups and a few other things and it has been running for 155 days
> now without an issue. I was gonna try and upgrade it to 9.1 last weekend,
> but I found out I had to do a presentation this week so I didn't want to risk
> it getting screwed up so I'll upgrade it after my presentation today.
>
> You can set it to do automatic updates by creating an update source and using
> urpmi in a cron job to keep it up to date. This is what I do.
>
> I keep a local mirror of the update sources using fmirror. If I see in the
> morning that there has been an update on the mirror, I check out the advisory
> at mandrakeSecure and then wait a few days to make sure there isn't an issue
> with the update. If there isn't, I run the commands "urpmi.update --update"
> and then "urpmi --auto-select --update" This updates the hdlist files for
> urpmi and then automatically updates anything that is installed. If you want
> it to be automatic, you could set it all up in a cron job. Set it and forget
> it. You also don't need a local mirror, you could update directly from one
> of the mirrors. I just like having it mirrored locally because it is easier
> to update more than one machine that way, plus I get notified via e-mail when
> the cron job pulls down a new update.
What you did just put in here - is something I already do with the RedHat
System. However - I do have the Security Update-System hooked to the
rhn-advisory system, so that it triggers updates as soon as these are
available. As you said - you wait couple of days before applying the
patches, while I don't - and up to now - I have run pretty well with it
(Only thing that happens form time to time, one of the servers not
restrting correctly as Mysql or httpd - but that can be checked by
cron-job.).
PS: I do keep Mirrors of several Distributions, notably, Mandrake-9.1 +
updates, RedHat-7.3 + Updates, Knoppix, Texstar/Plf-RPM's - so I have
fairly enough data here. However - what I want is a System that is able to
"intelligently" and "fast" cope with Security issues, where I don't have
to on a regular base look at it (actually - the way I do it right now
using rh7.3) :(
Thx for your comments.
PS: I looked at the Mandrake Server-Packages... But I won't buy it - I
just don't want to put 1500,- Bucks as a private person into it.
Cheers
Joerg
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