up2date from CLI

[Kudose]

Hello all. I am pretty much a newb on Linux and am trying to get a server up and running. I am using the GUI to get acquainted with RH 9.0. Makes my PIII 1.0GHz test server run like a 2.0GHz on XP. It is nice.

In any case, my question is about up2date.

How can I run this and update the server from the CLI? I am under the impression that when I create a production server, I shouldnt install the X window system and should use the CLI for everything. Or am I wrong?

TIA.

[Doug_G]

RH9 is kind of old. You used to just enter up2date from a root terminal. You might consider moving to a newer distribution, such as Fedora. yum is the preferred updated for Fedora.

[Weedpacket]

You're basically right about X. If the server is doing what it's supposed to be then you certainly don't need X to be running - and if you're not going to be running it there's little point in installing it - it's a big puppy.

If things do go awry, then commandline access is all you need to get at all the diagnostic utilities needed to get things back up again - so that makes terminal access a lot simpler as well (since only text needs to be piped back and forth).

If you do want to use a Linux GUI, you could have it on a separate machine, and connect to the server as and when needed.

[Kudose]

Thanks. 🙂

Now if I could just figure out why the Fedora DL crashes my WR850G router after eash iso.