Re: Security Update

[Sean Quinlan <smq@gmx.co.uk>]

--- Mark Rompies <mark@reyman.dyndns.org> (2001-10-13 21:30):
> I've just use Debian for the first time in my life. I want to upgrade the 
> applications or anything to mmake it more secure (i think it will use apps 
> >from security.debian.org). The problem is very simple:
> 
> what commands should i type from the console to update the security fixes 
> for a/any package(s)? Could i use apt-get?

Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and add the following line:

deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free

Then run apt-get update && apt-get upgrade.  Any packages that have
been updated with security fixes will be upgraded.

You might want to subscribe to the debian-security-announce list as
well, to get notified when security fixes are applied.

Cheers,
Sean

-- 
Sean Quinlan (smq@gmx.co.uk)