On Friday 22 September 2006 00:39, you wrote: >I have a machine running OpenBSD 3.6 on a remote location that I would >like to upgrade. I only have ssh access unless I buy myself an > expensive plane ticket. I wondered if there's a safe way to upgrade > remotely or should I just wait until I get an opportunity to be in > front of the machine.
However you go about the remote upgrade, i strongly recommend finding a spare computer and configuring it as close as possible to the remote machine. Then upgrade the local computer through ssh as you plan on doing to the remote computer. Carefully document what you do and why you do it, and once you are sure you have succeeded with the local machine repeat the process on the remote machine. With this plan if something blows up hopefully it will happen first on the local machine and you can learn how to avoid the problem without buying a plane ticket. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan Ramaley Dial Center 118, Drake University Network Programmer/Analyst 2407 Carpenter Ave +1 515 271-4540 Des Moines IA 50311 USA
