Once upon a time, Susan Baur <[email protected]> said: > This thread leads me to ask, is there any guidance by RedHat or others > on what the absolute minimum package set is for a RHEL 5.4 server. It > seems as if the @base group includes lots of extras that may be > necessary in some instances but not in most (like redhat-lsb). How do > you determine what packages go onto your servers and which ones are > "safe" to not install even though they may be in base? Research? Trial > and Error? Asking this list like Chris did? :-)
I've done it mostly by trial and error. With each new major release of RHEL and Fedora, I've started with a kickstart that just installs Core and Base, and then I see what I don't want, think I need, etc. I don't use nobase, but I do deselect a bunch of packages in my kickstarts. My current list for RHEL 5: # @ Core -Deployment_Guide-en-US -prelink # @ Base -amtu -anacron -autofs -bluez-utils -ccid -conman -coolkey -dhcpv6_client -fbset -firstboot-tui -irda-utils -krb5-workstation -logwatch -mlocate -mozldap -NetworkManager -pam_ccreds -pam_krb5 -pam_pkcs11 -pam_smb -pcmciautils -pkinit-nss -rdate -rdist -redhat-lsb -rp-pppoe -rsh -talk -ypbind -yum-updatesd Some of this is of course personal preference or requirements driven (e.g. I don't have a Kerberos setup, so I don't need pam_krb5). I do with Red Hat would put a little more thought into this though. For example, who really thought that a Deployment Guide (and its requirement on htmlview, which requires redhat-menus, which requires desktop-file-utils, and so on) needed to be a core part of every operating system install? Once it is installed, isn't it a little late to be planning your deployment? How many people have PCMCIA, IRDA, or Bluetooth on their servers? Set custom framebuffer modes on the console? Some of these things are outdated as well (rdate? talk?). -- Chris Adams <[email protected]> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble. _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
