Ok, so a simple yum update should take care of the existing server and keep it patched then.
I will advise the company to consider upgrading, but i just wanted to get it covered for the immediate threats. DK' ' On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet<[email protected]> wrote: > Hi DK... see below: > > dnk wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> I have recently had a Blue Quartz (Nuonce installer) dropped into my >> lap, and i need to become familiar with this community again. Now i >> see that Nuonce is no longer around, and they point people over to >> here. > > Nuonce isn't, but the BlueQuartz project (which ran/runs independently > of Nuonce) arguably is. There just hasn't been a lot of innovation or > updates there. But the list is still active, and CentOS is still > putting out patches/updates on CentOS 4. > >>>From what I can gather, Blue Onyx is just a fork, and open source as >> BQ was, and anyone can download and use it. Please correct me if I am >> incorrect (IE licensing fees, etc). > > You're correct. BlueOnyx is everything BlueQuartz was and then some, > but retains the same licensing structure. > >> Now if the above statement is true, is there a migration path? I >> noticed on the home page that there is some sort of upgrader >> script/installer coming. Is there an ETA on that? I am sorry if this >> has already been covered. I looked through the archives, but there >> seems to be no search option. > > There is no such installer, and any development for an "upgrader" is on > a far back burner. This is largely due to the fact that BQ runs on > CentOS 4 and BX runs on CentOS 5. As has been mentioned previously, > that's not for the faint of heart and in most cases should likely be > avoided. > > Of course, it's very simple to migrate a BQ system to BX, and with > hardware being so affordable and dedicated server providers being so > reasonably priced (cheap non-plug) it's fairly trivial to CMUExport from > BQ and CMUImport to BX. > >> Is there any security updates still being done for the BQ (nuonce >> installer) that I can use until I can get this box updated to Blue >> Onyx? > > Of course. BlueQuartz will update off the CentOS4 repos, and as far as > the BlueQuartz side goes, you can use one of the BQ mirrors in the event > that the main BlueQuartz server goes MIA (again). > > -- > Chris Gebhardt > VIRTBIZ Internet Services > Access, Web Hosting, Colocation, Dedicated > www.virtbiz.com | toll-free (866) 4 VIRTBIZ > _______________________________________________ > Blueonyx mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx > _______________________________________________ Blueonyx mailing list [email protected] http://www.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
