[CentOS] Kickstart with all the latest updates?

Wed Feb 28 14:31:54 UTC 2007
Will McDonald <wmcdonald at gmail.com>

On 28/02/07, Drew Weaver <drew.weaver at thenap.com> wrote:
> So why not just put yum -y update in the %post section of the kickstart?

Because that's explicitly what he didn't want to do in the initial question.

"Currently, I kickstart my machines over http to install CentOS 4.4
and then in a script called from %post do a "yum -y update" to
install all the latest updates.  Is there a way to set up the
kickstart server so that I can do this all in one step?"

The reasons why, your guess is as good as mine. If the machine's part
of an automated provisioning system and is, at least in a network
sense, exposed to untrusted users from the instant it's available
perhaps he's like the box patched up ASAP?

Will.