The most likely reason for not updating the kernel is a line in your yum.conf file that says something like "exclude=kernel*". If you take that out you should be just fine with the kernel updates. Seth Shoemaker Software Developer / Systems Administrator -----Original Message----- From: fedora-legacy-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-legacy-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jesse Guardiani Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 19:25 PM To: fedora-legacy-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: redhat 7.3 and fedora legacy kernel fix question Howdy list, I'm new to redhat and fedora-legacy. I've been working with redhat 7.3 for a few months now because a proprietary package we use here at work requires 7.3 and nothing higher (The devel team must be made up of Windows guys or something). We bought an Enterprise 2.1ES machine for our private network, but a customer wanted a 7.3 machine because of the price factor. That's what got me started with 7.3. Anyway, I come from two years of FreeBSD administration experience and I must admit that I'm actually starting to like the redhat way of doing things. It's nice to at least be able to say "Yes, the OS has a GUI for some admin tasks." But I'm starting to like other things about the redhat scene too. I also like the fact that I can get Redhat certified. I've never seen that sort of thing in the FreeBSD scene. However, with all of the changes redhat has made, I was starting to wonder what I was going to do with these boxes in 6 months when they're chalked full of security holes. And then I found the Fedora Legacy project. Cool! Just what I was looking for. Two Things I noticed: ===================== 1.) I updated my system using `yum update`, and it auto- updated a few userland utils, but for some reason it didn't update my 2.4.20 kernel RPM. Not sure why. Here's the list of RPMs it DID upgrade: # rpm -q -a | grep legacy libpcap-0.6.2-17.7.3.4.legacy arpwatch-2.1a11-17.7.3.4.legacy cvs-1.11.1p1-9.7.legacy yum-1.0.3-6.0.7.x.legacy tcpdump-3.6.3-17.7.3.4.legacy screen-3.9.11-4.legacy slocate-2.7-1.7.3.legacy I'm instead downloading the kernel RPM manually from here: http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/RH7.3/2004-03-02-FLSA_2004_1284__Upd ated_kernel_resolves_security_vulnerabilities.html Does anyone have an explanation for that behavior? 2.) Does Fedora Legacy offer any additional functionality and/or general redhat 7.3 discussion, or should I go elsewhere for that? Is this strictly a security update forum, in other words? I ask because I'm having trouble with iptables + ethernet bridging with my stock Redhat 2.4.20 kernel (seems that bridge traffic doesn't pass through iptables with that kernel), and I was wondering if that bug was maybe fixed in the Fedora Legacy kernel updates? Thanks! -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net -- fedora-legacy-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legacy-list --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.648 / Virus Database: 415 - Release Date: 3/31/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.648 / Virus Database: 415 - Release Date: 3/31/2004 -- fedora-legacy-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legacy-list
