--- Eric Williams <eric.williams@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Excerpts from sunhux G's message of Mon Jul 28 > 02:58:04 +0100 2008: > > Hi, > > > > > > If our RHEL servers (Ver 4.6 on Sun X platforms) > do not > > have access to Internet, I suppose it's not > possible for us > > to use up2date (or yum) to install latest patches. > > > > About 90% true; there are workarounds: > > http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_103_10415.shtm > > There's a similar procedure for up2date, but it's no > longer in the kbase. > Both procedures only get you updated to the release > on the media you've > downloaded, though, and do not inlcude the errata. > > > Is there any other way of getting the latest > Redhat patches > > installed? > > > > Have you looked at RHN Proxy? > https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/help/proxy/rhn420/en/ch-example-topologies.jsp#s1-example-topologies-simple > > > Can we get the current installed patches on our > servers & > > then compare it against the latest list in Redhat, > download > > manually to a thumb drive & then install? > > > > Red Hat offers RHN Satellite and Proxy for this > particular usage profile. > Other ways would probably work, but seem like a lot > of trouble. So if > you're time isn't important to you, check out > yum-downloader in the > yum-utils package, plus the RHN API documentation. > You may be able to > script something. the script is already done : mrepo http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/mrepo/ work great in rhel4, in rhel5 use to have a problem with rhnlib and don't know if it fixed in cvs cu roger -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
