Mac, Mac wrote:
> I don't know how essential upnp is - any advice? But I'm a bit > surprised that automatic updating needs to be added - is that right? Isn't upnp used by some applications to control a router/firewall to let in incoming connections etc? I'd have thought this wasn't necessary on a server! Some would argue that automatic updates on a server is a bad thing because in general you want your server to be stable and you don't want some automatic update breaking it. Although I admit the risk of this is quite low with Ubuntu. On a server it's quite easy to set up. Just create a cron job under root that does 'apt-get update && apt-get upgrade' and run the job at a convenient time. This assumes the servers is running 24x7! Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
