[H-GEN] Security updates for excalibur

[James Iseppi]

Hi All,

Thanks Greg and Robert for noticing that our security updates were out  
of date, and installing the package to update the machine automatically.

I'd also like to thank Raymond for his offer of help with the sysadmin  
work, which I've now taken him up on.

James

On 29/06/2009, at 10:52 AM, Raymond Smith wrote:

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> On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 08:03:19PM +1000, 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.
>>
>> 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.
>
> Seems reasonable to me.
>
> On a related note, is the exec still taking volunteers for the
> sysadmin team? I have some time and am happy to help.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Raymond
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