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Re: Update RedHat Enterprise without a subscription | |
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Robert Gonzales wrote:
I would like to know if it is possible to apply security and bug fixes to RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 without purchasing a subscription?
To answer both of your posts, RHEL doesn't use yum for updates. It uses "up2date" and it requires a subscription (or to use their terms, an "entitlement"--what are they, government workers?)
yum is used by CentOS and Fedora. CentOS is built from Red Hat's SRPMs and tracks RHEL closely, but does lag behind a bit (a couple of days at most, usually). Most fixes to RHEL can be found in CentOS. Now, you CAN use yum and aim it at the CentOS 5 repositories for free. You may have to bugger the repo scripts a bit because the /etc/redhat-release" file for RHEL (where yum gets its "$releasever" variable from) has different data than that for CentOS. <stupid disclaimer deleted> I'd encourage you speak to your corporate lawyer and have the spectacularly silly disclaimer removed from your company's outgoing messages. Posting to a public email list instantly voids any possible pretension towards confidentiality. It is absolutely useless verbiage and I refuse to quote it here. If you're worried about dissemination of emails, then everything should be GPG-encrypted so only those with your key can read them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer ricks@xxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - "People tell me I look at the dark side. That's not true. I have - - the heart of a small boy......in a jar right here on my desk." - - -- Stephen King - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Redhat-install-list mailing list Redhat-install-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: redhat-install-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: unsubscribe