Re: cron-apt and security
You can setup cron-apt to send an email via exim:
§ 1. Edit: /etc/cron-apt/config
· Uncomment:
o export PATH
o ACTIONDIR
o ERROR
o Temp Log
o MAIL
· Add email address to MAILTO e.g. x@fred.com
· Set MAILON to always
· Ensure that all EXITON commands are commented out. This means it
doesn't exit.
· Set DEBUG=verbose
§ 2. Edit: /etc/cron.d/cron-apt:
· Leave settings as is i.e. to be run once a day at 4AM
· Ammend the 4AM line so that: it ended with /etc/cron-apt/config
· NOTES:
o I initially set this up to be every hour, and ensured that the line
in this file ended with /etc/cron-apt/config and not
/etc/cron-apt/config2 – which the config file had for some weird
reason (probably to stop it continually being run).
o It ran successfully every hour, then I updated it to run once per
day. I did alter the /etc/cron.d/cron-apt file setting for running
once per day so that it looked like all the other entries i.e. added
/etc/cron-apt/config onto the end of the hourly command – it seemed to
have that missing.
§ 3. The cron job runs the following line:
· test -x /usr/sbin/cron-apt && /usr/sbin/cron-apt /etc/cron-apt/config
§ 4. Have a look at /var/log/cron-apt/log to verify if anything happens.
· Last time run at present: 14:26 Jan 17.
§ 5. Once run, to upgrade packages that if finds, run: "apt-get upgrade"
Jim.
On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 09:13:52 -0500, Derek The Monkey Wueppelmann
<monkey@monkeynet.ca> wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 20:13, Robert Vangel wrote:
> > I use automatic updates, then use `apt-get -d upgrade` so it at least
> > downloads the packages for me, and I can install them fairly quickly
> > when I next get the chance.
>
> A related question. I have cron-apt setup the same way to do the update
> and download the packages. Is there anyway that it can notify root when
> packages have been received? I'm basically looking to not have to check
> my systems regularly.
>
> --
> o) Derek Wueppelmann (o
> (D . monkey@monkeynet.ca D).
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