Sam Drinkard wrote: > My server has not yet been updated with all the goodies and is still a > stock 4.2 installation. What is the consensus about remote updating? > Would it be better if I were to physically be there and do it or are > things stable enough that I could do it remotely and then reboot. > It's kind of a PITA to have to go downtown to the C0-LO site, but can > be done. > It's pretty safe to do remotely if your machine is already known to come right back up from a remote reboot. Unless there are some really critical vulnerabilities, I normally wait a few days before remote application to see if anyone else stumbles into any show stoppers. We've been remotely updating our 4.2 boxes without incident. Cheers,