Re: AW: [cobalt-security] Auto security patch installer ?

[Martin Moeller <martin@xxxxxxx>]

It has certain room for error, yes. I have however implemented ways of
vetoing updates (but I have to know they should be veto'ed of course ;))

It's pretty difficult to follow your method on 40+ machines :)

fre, 2002-06-28 kl. 16:51 skrev alan macdonald: 
> Hi,
> 
> Just be very careful about this.
> 
> Automatic updaters have the potential to download and install patches that 
> may break your machine. Glibc anyone?
> 
> I have to say, I find it safer to update stuff with ssh + wget + 
> cobalt_upgrade manually.
> 
> My $.02
> 
> At 16:37 28/06/2002 +0200, Martin wrote:
> >You should be able to use my Updater script from cobalt-aid2.lindist.dk
> >for this sort of thing. It has backends for everything from Qube2
> >(probably Qube1 also) to RaQ 550 (not tested, but it works on Qube3 and
> >the RaQ 550 looks very similar). It is most often used on RaQ3 and RaQ4.
> >[snip]
> 
> rgds
> 
> Alan MacDonald
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