I would imagine it depends also on what distro you have. For example, we have a Kubuntu machine in the house that notifies us when there are new packages for upgrading, including the kernel (and headers, etc.).
It sounds like you must have either a) a homebrew system or b) your distro doesn't enable updates by default. If it's a), then you will have to figure out a cron job or do them manually. If it's b), then you just need to enable update notification. Not sure how you'd do that, it depends on what your running. On Oct 16, 7:13 am, dbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to be able to keep my system up to date with regards to > packages and kernel updates. Ideally, I want to be able to do this by > just sticking some commands in crontab and then not having to worry > about it all again. > > # Rpdate the system > 1 * * * 1 up2date -u > 1 * * * 1 yum update > > 1) Will placing those commands in the crontab keep the packages up to > date ? Is there anything else I should be doing ? > > 2) Should i stick that in root cron or user cron ? How do i automate > the sudo if I place them in user crontab ? > > 3) What should i do about kernel upgrades ? Is there a way to do them > automatically ? Do I need to reboot the system ? > > I've had a read off the CentOS docs and they explain how to manually > update the kernel. There doesn't seem to be a whole lot about > automatically doing it though. Perhaps someone here can help me fill > in the blanks. > > Thanks, --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
