[TriLUG] Newbie question reguarding YUM and Linux.

[Christopher L Merrill]

Owen Berry wrote:
> It's unpopular? I would like to hear some arguments for automatically
> updating a system ... 

In my case, the reason is that if it doesn't get updated automatically,
then it probably doesn't get updated at all.
Now the disclaimer:
   I'm not a sysadmin

It's my home server running my website and email.  Honestly, if I had yum
send me e-mail about what updates are available, then I'd just blindly
install them anyway, so why bother?  For me, it's safer to get the
security patches than the off-chance that something will break.  By not
getting the security patches, I am a danger to others. Breaking my website
or email doesn't (generally) hurt anyone else.

Is that a good enough reason?



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