>-----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 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 5106 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090520/476cc66e/attachment-0005.bin>