On 25 October 2012 21:19, Keith Roberts keith@karsites.net wrote:
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, Frank Cox wrote:
To: centos@centos.org From: Frank Cox theatre@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 password, but I would like to have it automatically and transparently update itself.
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?
what about creating a user, sticking ssh on a different port, use key based authentication, keep PermitRootLogin no then using su - :)
mike