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Before doing any configuring or further work on the server, make sure to apply the latest updates. The RPMs are available from any of the e-smith mirrors, or through the web directly from ibiblio.

Here are some step-by-step instructions for downloading and applying the updates for 6.0b3 using the commandline. This assumes your e-smith server is connected to the Internet and that you can connect to it as well. These commands should be able to be cut and pasted directory onto the commandline.

1. Connect to your serving using ssh, root as the username, and your admin password
2. At the prompt enter in mkdir 60b3_updates. This creates a directory to store the updates in.
3. Now enter cd 60b3_updates. This moves you into the directory you just created.
4. To download all the RPMs, type in:
   
   wget ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/e-smith/dev/6.0dev/updates/6.0beta3/RPMS/*
   
   This command will start downloading every one of the updates, one after the other. This points to one of the main North American mirrors. Use ftp and the e-smith mirrors page to find a closer location.
5. Once the RPMs have downloaded, run the commands as listed in the README (see below).

The README is reproduced here. These commands must be run from the command line, and assume you are in the directory which contains the RPM updates.

In order to be sure to activate these updates, install the RPMs using:

rpm -Uhv --replacepkgs --oldpackage *rpm

then run these commands:

/sbin/e-smith/signal-event post-upgrade
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event reboot

When you issue the last command, the server will reboot and your remote session will close. You will be able to reconnect once the server finishes booting.