On Jo, 25 oct 12, 19:41:54, Edwin Zarthrusz wrote: > Can you send me a straight-forward list of commands for updating and > applying any necessary security patches and such on my install? And is > there a way of getting it to update automatically? Additionally to what has been mentioned already I will add packages unattended-upgrades and cron-apt. However, please mind that simply upgrading your system automatically is not enough to keep it secure. Just two examples I just thought about (but there are probably many others): - programs affected by security updates need to be restarted, otherwise you will still be running the old version. For kernel upgrades a reboot is needed. - some security issues can/are not handled by upgrades. For example in the past it happened that some packages could not supported anymore from a security point of view. There was simply a mention on the debian-security-announce list, where users were advised to stop using the program. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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