[rhn-users] Re: rhnsd daemon update

[Tsai Li Ming]

Jesse Becker wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 09:18:42AM -0500, nathan r. hruby wrote:
> 
>>On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Jesse Becker wrote:
>>
>>>It should, yes.  I think that it may only apply security updates
>>>automatically, and not bugfix updates (as distinguished in RHN).  However, 
>>>I am not completely sure abotu this.
>>>
>>
>>No, it should not.  rhnsd and rhn_check simply do whatever the satellite
>>tells them.
> 
> 
> Fair enough.  I sit corrected, and thanks for clarifying.
> 
> 
>>If the system in question has the "Auto Errata Update" Property set in the
>>RHN website (Systems -> your.host.tld -> Details -> Properties) then your
>>box will auto update, **because the Satellite will tell it to do so.**
> 
> 
> Right, now will this apply all updates (critical and feature/bugfix
> releases), or just critical updates?
> 
> 
>>>You're probably better off just running up2date from cron anyway. :-/
>>
>>Err... Considering that updates have a slight tendency to break things,
>>I'd be super careful about doing this on a system without very good and
>>reliable backups :)
> 
> 
> I'd be just as careful about expecting rhnsd to keep boxes freshly updated,
> when it gets stuck and/or dies randomly.  And yes, I do have good and
> reliable backups. ;-)
> 

How often do RH upgrades break stuff? Any examples?

Liming