On 25 October 2012 21:19, Keith Roberts <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, Frank Cox wrote:
>
>> To: centos@xxxxxxxxxx
>> From: Frank Cox <theatre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Completely automatic yum updating on Centos 6
>>
>> I am about to set up a computer with Centos 6 that I'll probably never see
>> again. I don't want to give out the root password, but I would like to have it
>> automatically and transparently update itself.
> What about doing a ssh root login to the box from far away,
> and then running yum check-update, to see what the
> consequences of updating the box could do before
> commiting to the update first?
>
what about creating a user, sticking ssh on a different port, use key
based authentication, keep PermitRootLogin no then using su -
:)
mike
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