From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 6 04:21:26 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D22DF106566C for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 04:21:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from rosebud.otenet.gr (rosebud.otenet.gr [195.170.0.94]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F8368FC33 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 04:21:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from aquarius.dyndns.org (athedsl-292339.home.otenet.gr [85.73.189.145]) by rosebud.otenet.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m564LNt5013225 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 07:21:24 +0300 Message-ID: <4848BB82.8050901@otenet.gr> Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:22:26 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <943022.25318.qm@web63903.mail.re1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <943022.25318.qm@web63903.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Upgrading Kernel on a Remote Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:21:26 -0000 Camilo Reyes wrote: > I don't have much experience with this other than once I ran a server from home and remotely ssh'ed to it to do maintenance. One of the things I learned from that experience was that you can easily patch your services any time there is a new threat, all you have to do is patch your code, recompile, and restart service. If you are not sure it will ever come back up when you restart, you can leave it patched and restart it when you are more comfortable. When it comes to the kernel, don't upgrade it unless it's ABSOLUTELY necessary because you have to reboot each time; unless of course, some genius out there has figured out a way to do it without a reboot. > > Just my two cents, > > Camilo > "Bono Vince Malum" > > > A nice trick for easily recovering from unbootable kernels is nextboot(8). Try man nextboot