[ale] Blind Debian updates?

Jeb Barger jeb at rev-x.com
Mon Nov 20 17:10:43 EST 2006


James Sumners wrote:
> I can not stress enough how bad this idea is. Just one example: what
> if the repository you are using gets compromised and you are
> automatically updating from it every day? That isn't good.
>
> I don't have the time to login to my servers and check for updates
> either. That's why I wrote the script I have posted at
> http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/code.php to check for available
> updates and send me an email. The email it sends isn't pretty, but it
> tells me what packages are out-of-date. I can decide from there if I
> need to immediately login and update the system, or if I can wait a
> while.
>
> On 11/20/06, John Wells <jb at sourceillustrated.com> wrote:
>   
>> Guys,
>>
>> I have a number of Debian servers that I don't get to check in on as much
>> as I'd like. I'd like to make sure these are kept as up to date as
>> possible regarding security patches, and am considering setting up a cron
>> job to run "apt-get upgrade" on a nightly basis.
>>
>> Anyone else doing this? What is your exact setup? Any caveats?
>>
>> Thanks, as always. Hope you're all doing well.
>>
>> John
>>     
>
>   
Why not use apticron?



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