-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Cannon, Andrew enlightened us with the following gems on 14/10/05 11:32: > Hi All, > > I found out yesterday that there is an option to remotely update your system > with the latest Red hat patches. What is the configuration for this and how > do I block it? Specifically, what settings do I need to apply to our > corporate firewall to block the inbound connections? This is normally managed through up2date and RHN - there should really be no way that an external host can force your system to update itself, if that is what worries you. The way this is intended to work is.... 1) you log in to https://rhn.redhat.com 2) you schedule a package install for you machine 3) every so often your machine will check in with rhn (the command it actually runs is /usr/sbin/rhn_check) and then perform the action you have scheduled so all actions are instigated locally, not remotely does this ease your mind a tad? if you just want to disable checking for updates (automatic installation is *off* by default) then chkconfig rhnsd off service rhnsd stop Regards, Stuart - -- Stuart Sears RHCE RHCX DPRINTK("doing direct send\n"); /* @@@ well, this doesn't work anyway */ linux-2.6.6/drivers/atm/eni.c -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDUkLBamPtx1brPQ4RAsW2AJ96hsrnlC9nA1KakKtNemexuiPNQACfeJgs f9pr2qtsAr4anXunzaT5xpU= =YcdS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
