RE: securing a 7.2 box

[Al Sparks <data345 yahoo com>]

Well, I myself roll my own kernel, and name the file
    /boot/bzImage
which doesn't interfere with the existing rpm generated kernel, so
it doesn't matter.  I do like to have the RH kernel around in case
I need it, so that's why it's there.

Also, it's easy to get rid of a particular rpm file out of the one 
directory.  I actually don't upgrade everything.  I have the errata
that I want, and "mv" out that which I don't want before executing
   $ rpm -Fvh *.rpm

In any case, my understanding of up2date is that it would essentially
do the same thing I described.  Check your existing rpm's and upgrade
them.  There is probably a control mechanism to keep it from upgrading
what you don't want, but my method also has a control mechanism.
    === Al


--- Saul Arias <zhadu yahoo com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-08-23 at 15:04, Al Sparks wrote:
> > It will take you quite awhile to download them all, but if you keep up with
> > updates (RH has a mailing list for updates), only your initial download will 
> > be big.  Once you get all the updates in one directory, you can
> >    $ rpm -Fvh *.rpm
> > 
> > and it will update.
> 
> Are you sure you want to update kernel, XFree86, compiler, libraries,
> openssh, and more, at the same time, with one "rpm -Fvh *.rpm" ?
> 
> I usually download like you said, but do rpm -Fvh only for the files
> listed errata by errata.
> 
> Sometimes I delete the package, instead of upgrading it, because I
> realize I don't need the package in the first place.
> 
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> Saul Arias - zhadu yahoo com
> 
> 
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