For anyone who wants to further study the issue of "best practices" for update managment, the following Microsoft (of all things) link may be of interest. While it is specific to Microsoft Windows, the basic concepts all apply to linux. The basic premise is: don't do automatic updates on production servers, don't blindly install every update that comes out, and have a plan that you follow for doing updates. The link is: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bestprac/bpsp.mspx Another doc that may be of interest as well is: www.cressida.info/pdfs/whitepapers/bestpractices.pdf -- Eric Rostetter The Department of Physics The University of Texas at Austin Why get even? Get odd! -- fedora-legacy-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legacy-list
