[PLUG] Red Hat 7.2 Update Procedure Questions

[Dan Young]

 > I did it my user account rather than root, as I don't want to log out 
while
 > waiting for this download.

The su command will let you temporarily "become" another user, with root 
being the default.

 > Is there anyway to get around the 2 hour wait?

I'd refer you to the up2date stuff again.
Mike De La Mater posted earlier that you can do:

up2date -u

to update w/o any intervention required or:

up2date

to use the gui installer.