On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, L. C. Robinson wrote: About security, you wrote ... > This issue is often overlooked: it was mentioned in the recent security > thread on this list, but only in passing. You will need an > automated tool to keep up with this: most of the professionals > can't (and usually don't) keep up without such tools. The Redhat up2date script can do a nice job of this. It can be used for only certain, selected packages, or for any and all installed packages. It can be automated, or run by hand. I could wish that the web pages you must use to sign up for up2date were a bit easier to understand and follow, but they're quite usable with lynx and other char based browsers. Once registered, you can run up2date from the command line. I usually do it with the -nox --nosig switches to keep things accessible. PS: I agree whole-heartedly about the new Redhat manuals. I have looked at both the Installation manual and the Getting Started manual. There's good, clear writing there, and it includes keyboard as well as mouse based instructions. Very nice. Janina