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(Created page with "This document attempts to outline some of the steps that have been taken to enhance the security of sudomesh servers. = Automatic updates = We only ever install the debian/u...")
 
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   aptitude update && aptitude safe-upgrade
   aptitude update && aptitude safe-upgrade


= cron-apt =
We use one of the following methods to set up automatic security upgrades.
 
= unattended-upgrades method =
 
Install and configure the unattended-upgrades package.
 
aptitude update && aptitude install unattended-upgrades
dpkg-reconfigure -plow unattended-upgrades
 
Edit the file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades and make sure it contains a section like this:
 
Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins {
        "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-security";
//      "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-updates";
//      "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-proposed";
//      "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-backports";
};
 
= cron-apt method =


cron-apt is installed and set up to automatically download and install security updates once every 24 hours.
cron-apt is installed and set up to automatically download and install security updates once every 24 hours.