Re: [ossig] Linux security patches - costs and features?

[Chong Tsewai <twchong@infotech-partners.com>]

#5  try instead    rpm -F ...   
doesn't instal packages not already installed unlike  "rpm -U " .



Ken Wong wrote:

> On Tuesday 30 September 2003 11:18, Imran William Smith wrote:
>  
> > Points taken.  But imagine a  desktop rollout
> > situation where say 100 users who only use Win, MS Office and browser
> > based applications are migrated to Linux, OO.o and Mozilla.
> > Assume they have no real technical skills.  They never saw a
> > command line in their life.  If they are to get regular security
> > patches, it needs to be one of
> >    
> <snip>
>  
> > (am I missing any tricks?)
> >
> >    
> With 100 users, you should have at least 1 (hopefully) competent 
> sysadmin. I assume then that the users don't have root access to their 
> system. In this case:
>
> #5: Create scripts that download the necessary patches from RH->local 
> server. Set cron script on user machines to sync with local server's 
> patch files. After sync, run rpm -U * on the directory with all the 
> updated files. 
> Assuming none of the RPM updates foul up (I've had one which turned off 
> my MySQL server), then you're all done. No real need for RHN. RHN is 
> nice to have but any competent sysadmin can automate a Unix system to 
> require minimal intervention.
>
> As a sysadmin, cron is your best friend :)
>
> Ken
>
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