Yum & authenticated access?

[Patrick]

On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 16:11 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 09:07:52PM +0100, Patrick wrote:
> > > > Does anyone know if there is a plugin for yum that supports
> > > > authentication. I'm trying to find out if it's possible to have a yum
> > > > repository inaccessible unless it sends the proper credentials.
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Patrick
> > > Why? Don't you only allow installation of signed packages?
> > No I was thinking more license control and cost attribution. Who
> > installed what can then be tracked and if there is a cost (for example
> > for support) it can be charged automagically to the cost center of the
> > appropriate department.
> 
> This is pretty easily circumvented to then copy the RPM anywhere -- do you
> care about that?

Not sure what you mean but anyway it seems there's too much lacking so
not really worth pursuing. Time to have a look at Zenworks & friends.

Regards,
Patrick