On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 01:30 -0700, Michael Best wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 22:19 -0800, spart cus wrote: > > > >>hi guys, > >>just recently install centos on my machine. how can i be always > >>updated from patches? should i run up2date and install everything ? > >> > > > > --- > > use yum instead > > > > # yum update > > > > Craig > > > Indeed, and to get notification emails sent to root use: > > chkconfig yum on > service yum start > > which allows: > /etc/cron.daily/yum.cron ---- except for the control freak in me that wants to see ***in real time*** what changes are going to be made ***prior*** to them occurring. but it's an excellent option (automatic - nightly updates) Craig