[H-GEN] Security updates for excalibur

[Robert Brockway]

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009, Greg Black wrote:

> While working on some Humbug sysadmin stuff last night, I noticed that
> our new server (excalibur) was behind on several security updates.  I
> took the opportunity to run the update/upgrade incantations to bring it
> up to date.

Hi Greg.  I just ran update/upgrade as well and got 11 updates.

> I believe a plan was made to automate this.  I'd suggest that might be
> better done sooner rather than later, if we are to have a reasonable
> chance of avoiding repetitions of the recent system compromise.

Fair enough.   I offered to install the package (unattended-upgrades) but 
did want to give time for a response as unattended upgrades do go 'against 
the grain' a little.

I've installed & configured the package and the logs indicate that it is 
working but we should check back periodically.

Rob

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