Dustin Puryear wrote: > I'm always a little nervous about automatically updating servers. I > can't name a specific incident that would warrant this, but I am > nervous nonetheless.
I have been having pretty good luck with updating my workstations automatically. Most of my services run on Solaris anyway, so most of what I am doing is managing laptops and workstations with this. So it is not as big an issue. I just like to be able to see who is or is not updating their laptops/desktops. It allows me to have a grasp of the state of the machines without having to scan them with nessus, etc. Most people want the root password to their workstations so that they can install their own software, etc. I trust most of these users not to misconfigure the system, but I do not trust them to keep up with security patches. I have only had one incident of a hacker in my Solaris boxen, but I have had multiple incidents where a linux box was hacked. Shannon > > > At 08:58 AM 5/15/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >> Yeah, well... >> >> Some iT managers kinda like that. Rather than staying on the bleeding >> edge, they prefer an IBM-esque release schedule. They prefer to only >> take updates from "the company" and "scheduleable". It really cuts down >> on playing the 'update always' game we find ourselves in a lot of the >> time. It doesn't matter to me, because my FreeBSD boxes update >> themselves automagically on Sunday nights at 3AM and my RedHat boxes get >> RHN'ed on Saturday. >> >> I get reports on Monday during coffee. Gotta love it. >> >> --jms >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >> Of Bryce T. Pier >> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:14 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] RHN Enterprise >> >> >> On Wednesday 14 May 2003 7:06 pm, Shannon Roddy wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > Anyone on here using the red hat network enterprise tools? Or >> > something similar? I have paid for 5 basic subscriptions but I will >> > have to add more this year and am thinking about upgrading to the >> > enterprise version so that it will give me more options for >> > updating/checking/distributing tasks, etc. and was wondering if >> > anyone has had good or bad experiences with it. Also - since I >> > download my ISOs and I have a fair sized budget, I don't mind paying >> > redhat a little for some managed support. >> >> I've only done the basic personal subscription as well but I'm planning >> on >> using the enterprise ones as well for all of my non-kde servers. I just >> wish >> the enterprise versions didn't lag as far behind the regular releases as >> they >> do. >> >> -- >> Bryce T. Pier [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> IT Manager >> TFN, The Football Network, Inc. >> >> We are dreamers, shapers, singers and makers. We study the mysteries of >> laser and circuit, crystal and scanner, holographic demons and >> invocations of equations. These are tools we employ and we know many >> things. -Elric, Babylon5 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > --- > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Puryear Information Technology > Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting > http://www.puryear-it.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
