I would consider building an identical "development" baseline so that you can connect to the Internet. Register that system, then install the yum-downloadonly plugin. Once that is installed, you download all of the updates applicable to your system and then burn to CD and transfer to the "disconnected" box. The only caveat is that "legally" you would ïneed two subscriptions.
Paul M. Whitney
paul.whitney@xxxxxx
"Can't is the cancer of happen." - Charlie Sheen
On Mar 08, 2011, at 03:49 AM, Dean Thompson <dnt07@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks. The system currently needing packages is not connected to the internet.
I have an RHN account but I don't have any systems to register on there. Can you
recommend any websites from which I can download rpm packages from?
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From: Paul M. Whitney <paul.whitney@xxxxxx>
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Mon, 7 March, 2011 15:53:47
Subject: Re: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 patching
I believe Red Hat releases updates when one is warranted for either a bug fix,
vulnerability, etc. The beauty with RHN is that the updates are available
quickly for you to most importantly mitigate vulnerabilities and you are
notified when these updates are available. I typically like to download the
updates and test first in my "non-production" environment to ensure nothing
breaks and then apply to production systems once I am certain the updates do not
disrupt anything.
Depending on the risk your customer is willing to accept on their systems,
quarterly might work, but I would suggest at a minimum monthly updates be
applied to the systems.
Paul M. Whitney
ï
"Can't is the cancer of happen." - Charlie Sheen
On Mar 07, 2011, at 07:26 AM, Dean Thompson <dnt07@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> A client wants to explore the different patching options we have for Red Hat
EL
> 5.5. The preference from the client's side would be to not connect to the RHN
> and rather have patching done once a quarter with officially released patches.
>
> Can you please tell me whether Red Hat releases quarterly patches similar to
>the
> way Solaris does it with the EIS dvd's?
>
>
> Regards
> Dean
>
>
>
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