I can do either. YAST runs on both a GUI and Ncurses based text mode, so I can use SSH to use it in a secure manner to patch a lot of workstation / servers, or just one on the machine I'm working on.
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I can do either. YAST runs on both a GUI and Ncurses based text mode, so I can use SSH to use it in a secure manner to patch a lot of workstation / servers, or just one on the machine I'm working on.
So, you update them on a per machine basis? What if you have 1000 machines to update? (which I know you don't....) You going to ssh into all of them one by one?Quote:
Originally posted here by gore
I can do either. YAST runs on both a GUI and Ncurses based text mode, so I can use SSH to use it in a secure manner to patch a lot of workstation / servers, or just one on the machine I'm working on.
Why not just use something like YUM and have it update nightly? Or, can yast do the same thing?
I forget... it's been a while since I killed my SuSE box.
If I had 1000 machines to do this with, I'd tell my boss it would be to risky to do this in normal working hours, and he, being management, wouldn't know any better because Management only know Windows, so this would seem normal to him, and then I'd come in and yes, do them one by one, at about 3 AM, for double time and a half overtime.
In the mean time, I have 5 machines, and I could script this if I wanted, or tell YAST to just download all security updates by itself and install them, or to download ALL patches and install them as they come out, which you can do too.
Thant's how you work for your bOss? good strategy...
What's happening with Red Hat? they send me huge amount package updates. Any big security breach? havent had time to check out. I may not spend much time on Gentoo like I planed since you guys mentioned a lot of updates.
I use SUS also and I'm happy of it. :)
You guys are wussy! ;)
http://www.kenthamilton.net/humor/admin-horror.html
i use SUS....thats all they wanted to pay!