[CentOS] Auto-installing security updates?

Wed May 20 07:03:49 UTC 2009
Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu at orgfarm.uu.se>

>-----Original Message-----
>From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf
>Of Lanny Marcus
>Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:28 AM
>To: CentOS mailing list
>Subject: Re: [CentOS] Auto-installing security updates?
>
>Possibly the best way is for the updates to be setup to run
>automatically and in the rare (but possible) event that something goes
>awry, then the user call for on site help, to straighten it out. The
>majority of the updates work properly, without any intervention, but
>once in awhile....

Or uif the router supports that function, set up a port forwarding rule to 
allow ssh connections from a particular ip (yours), which you can use to 
remote update the machine. That's what I used for my mother for years, never 
had any problems, that is until her D-link router gave up, and I bought her a 
new low budget router that turned out not to support port forwarding...

Of course, should stuff go totally pear-shaped while updating remotely, you're 
pretty much SOL anyway, and a personal visit in person is needed. It works if 
you're living in the same town or out-of-town, but close-ish.
-- 
/Sorin
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