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Doctor V:
When I update my redhat system at home, I just open up the redhat network while in kde, it prompts me for the root password and then does all the searching and prompts me for everything.  However, not I am to update redhat remotely, not using KDE, doing it all from the command line (need to update sendmail).  Is there an easy way to do this?  All that I know of is downloading the rpm, ftping it over, and installing it, not being able to, getting all dependancy packages, trying again, getting the dependancy files for the packages upon which sendmail depends, blah you know what I mean.  I am hoping there is a faster and easier way to update the packages using the command line.

God this makes me feel like a noobie,

Thanks in advance,

V

SAJChurchey:
up2date is a good command.

Although I think that is just the command to bring up the GUI.  I think u have to add different paramaters to do it all on the command line.

[ March 05, 2003: Message edited by: SAJChurchey ]

Doctor V:
I don't want to do it on a gui, I can't do it on a gui.  I'm doing it remotely.  All with the command line.

TheQuirk:
# up2date

Is command line. You might want to configure it: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/RHNetwork/ref-guide/3.3/up2date-config-text.html

Doctor V:
ok, I gotcha, up2date.
without the command line is:
up2date --nox

however, when I run that, it says it needs to record the user, which I am assuming to be my redhat network login name and password.  I don't know how to set that up, it dosn't seem to be available under
up2date --nox --configure

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