[GLLUG] RHN... the Red Hat Notwork

Basher584 basher584@basher584.org
Thu, 1 Aug 2002 14:06:07 -0400


There are alternatives to up2date.. 

http://freshmeat.net/projects/autoupdate/?topic_id=41%2C253
That one is Ok.. 

-Ben



On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 01:50:53PM -0400, Edward Glowacki wrote:
> I discovered today that you can only update the software for one RedHat
> machine at a time!  Apparently, unless you pay, the up2date updater will
> only work on the single machine that you have enabled via the website,
> and if you aren't a paying customer, you can't do any updates during
> time of heavy load (like right now, *grumble*).  Since I just installed
> a new RH7.3 server, I want to get the latest security updates so some
> 31337 h4x0r doesn't get a free shot to r00t my box.  But alas I
> cannot... I'm not about to start setting up servers if I can't easily
> update the software at any time I may choose, so I guess we'll take a
> look at Debian and see if we can fare any better... Looks like 3.0 just
> came out and supposedly supports the RAID card on one of the boot
> floppies, so we'll try that and see...
> 
> -ED
> 
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