Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 16:36:21 +0100 From: Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> Cc: FreeBSD Question List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Wisdom of automating upgrades Message-ID: <40C5DCF5.1010800@circlesquared.com> In-Reply-To: <20040608171228.F64702@pukruppa.net> References: <40C5BCAC.6090401@circlesquared.com> <20040608171228.F64702@pukruppa.net>
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Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Peter Risdon wrote: > >> The main cost of having computers for most companies lies not in >> software or hardware, but in support. I have been pondering the >> wisdom of automating the upgrade process, so that sources are >> cvsup'ed nightly and make buildworld buildkernel etc and portupgrade >> happen overnight maybe once a week or month - and perhaps every day a >> security fix is announced. >> [...] >> I'd be grateful for any input on this. I can picture waking up to >> find that every machine I administrate is simultaneously *#!$%ed one >> morning. > > This would be the necessary result of complete automatization, > wouldn't it? That's the nub - is it the inevitable outcome? > Did you think about remote access? All administrative tasks on a > FreeBSD system can be done via ssh from a text console. Thus you > wouldn't have to be present personally, but keep full control of things. Yes, that's what I normally do. Regards, Peter.
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