On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Marc Nozell wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wednesday 17 October 2001 05:23 pm, Thomas M. Albright wrote: > > OK, I can't afford the Red Hat Network, but I'd like to keep my system > > as up-to-date as possible. > > Red Hat gives everyone a free account to keep one system updated. You > could register one of your systems and then be sure to apply the > updates on all your other machines. Do an occasional comparision of > 'rpm -qa' to make sure you haven't forgotten anything. > > Of course it gets more tricky if you are at different release levels, > don't always use RPM, use different hardware platforms, etc. > And there-in lies the rub. My server [tarogue.net, a 6.2 system] has the account. My workstaion at work is a 7.0 system, my laptop is 7.1, my systems at home are three 6.2 systems, and two 7.1 systems. They are all pretty much custom set-ups, therefore, no two are alike.
The single system with the account has no X installed, and therefore no X programs. It needs to have the account, because it's the most public machine I have. I have two other machines that actually touch the internet directly, but they're both bare-bones firewall/gateway set-ups. Currently I ftp everything from ftp://updates.redhat.com/ relative to all of my systems and architechtures, burn a couple cd's, and take 'em home. The problem is overwriting existing files, building up old/obsolete files, and (especially) finding the time to do these things. If I could just cron an rsync, one at the office, and one at home, I could then use the local LAN to move files to the machines that need 'em. Now that my story has been expanded, can anyone help? -- Thomas M. Albright (Linux user number 234357) Amendment IV The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. ********************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **********************************************************
