How to Setup Automatic Security Updates on Ubuntu 16.04 | Linux Today

How to Setup Automatic Security Updates on Ubuntu 16.04

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Muhammad Arul
Nov 15, 2017

Security updates are an integral part of the IT-world. Linux may be regarded as one of the securest computer operating systems, but that doesn’t take away the fact that it too has vulnerabilities that need to be fixed through timely security updates. In this tutorial, we will show you how to step-by-step configure Ubuntu 16.04 server for automatic security updates.

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Muhammad Arul

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