On 4 November 2010 10:14, Jon Farmer <j...@bctech.co.uk> wrote: > I have recently started using Ubuntu Server on a couple of my > production machines. When I log in I get messages saying there are > updates available. So my question is how do I know if the updates are > critical or security updates as opposed to just updates generally. The > machines are offering telephone services and so need to be highly > available and so I don't want to do unnecessary reboots. >
I install apticron on remote machines. It's configured to email me when the remote machines has updates pending. It lists all packages and the changelogs in the mail. That way I can see exactly what fixes are available and in what packages. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
