Thanks for your clarification. -----Original Message----- From: yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Seth Vidal Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 9:17 PM To: Yellowdog Updater, Modified Subject: Re: About Yum Server setup question On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 14:53 +0800, Jeffrey Hsiang wrote: > Hi, all , > > We try to setup the yum server on windows server.(IIS -Internet > Information Services) . After copy the rpm files and respodata folder > to this IIS and we found it is OK to connect it with yum client. > > However, we are worrying if there is any potential risk if we don't > use Linux OS to set up the yum server. > > Does anyone have similar experience ? Or in theory , we should not use > this way to set up the yum server? The server can pretty much be any web server, ftp server or otherwise available fileserver. So if everything is working on IIS that's fine. I would encourage you to not use closed source software in general, though. It is not good for the world. -sv _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum **********************Confidentiality Notice************************ The opinions and views expressed in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent our company and its affiliates. If this e-mail is not originally intended for you, or received by you in error, do not disclose its content to anyone and delete it immediately. This e-mail may contain information that is legally privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure. _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
