Debian Updates

[JoeHill]

On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 14:25:30 -0500
Mark Vining <marvinin-NOBIIgrgD1YV+D8aMU/kSg at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> 
> I just installed Debian on my computer and I am wondering what I need to 
> do to get Linux to download all updates automatically.
> 
> Can anyone suggest how to do this.

best bet is to use Webmin to set up a cron job. Webmin is usually installed as
part of any distro, but if not, you know, apt-get install webmin.

Open a browser, type: https://localhost:10000

log in as root, and set up a cron job to run the appropriate command, say, daily
or weekly.

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