On 25 October 2012 21:19, Keith Roberts <ke...@karsites.net> wrote: > On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, Frank Cox wrote: > >> To: centos@centos.org >> From: Frank Cox <thea...@melvilletheatre.com> >> Subject: [CentOS] 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 _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
