Re: Systems administration guidelines

[Alvin Oga <aoga@ns.Linux-Consulting.com>]

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, Fred Blaise wrote:

> I am running several debian testing servers. I would like to find
> guidelines/how-to/pointers to administer Debian servers the most
> effectively possible.
> ie: I wrote a script that run apt-get update && apt-get -y dist-upgrade
> on a daily basis, sending me an email with the output.. 

good

> is it safe?

depends

> Should I do it or not?

depends

if it's not a critical system ... automating it is good ..

if it's critical, you should test the patches before update/upgrade

or gamble that somebody else can fix it while, you happen to be on
vacation or sleeping

c ya
alvin