On Sat, 2009-05-30 at 02:33 -0400, David Dreggors wrote: > JohnS wrote: > > > Alrighty, you asked you shall receive! Number one a regular user can't > > copy and paste the above code and execute it unless they become root. > > 2. I looked at the above code and said there is a better way to do that > > via using "wget http:\\ | rpm -Uvh webmin-release.rpm. > > 3. There is "NO" "Webmin Release" rpm so that will not happen. At least > > I did not find one at the webmin sight. > > 4. Is it not standard to have a yum release package in a yum repo? I > > thought it was. > > 5.In theory if the URL for the repo changes but guess what??? No > > webmin-release to reflect that change. > > 6. Now let me make this very clear. I am in no way saying it is a bad > > article. At least you are contributing something to the more advanced > > CentOS users. > > > > Questions? > Yes, where is #1? :) Number one; no 1. :-) > Also, as to not being able to run that code as a regular user... > > John, you have to be root to run the rpm command to install any package > so this seems to be an invalid point anyway. I know you have to be root to run it. How is it invalid? It is no way invalid if there was a webmin-release rpm. It is to me a shorter way of doing it if there was a release package for the repository. That's in my opinion. > Bullet point 6... here here I second that motion. Great job and thanks. > While this info may seem trivial to the seasoned, a user that is > learning may find these steps invaluable. Very true indeed. I agree. > Forget that we are talking webmin or even repo's vs wget|rpm (all > learning points), the new user will learn a lot from just the mechanics > of this process and by seeing the command line in action! Well, we sure hope HE/SHE will learn something from it. JohnStanley
