RE: [CentOS] Faking RHEL with CentOS
NiftyClusters T Mitchell wrote: > > If it is Oracle, Given the price of Oracle -- just purchase the RH > product. > It is common that the expensive packages are the most restrictive and > putative. FYI, Oracle runs just fine on CentOS. -- Bowie ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] Faking RHEL with CentOS
NiftyClusters T Mitchell wrote: > > If there are 1 files it might look at 1 different places > including device names kernel names, shell features, kernel > modules and more. > i.e all the things that 'configure' might know about and more. Yeah, that's my main worry. > /etc/redhat-release is the most common. N.B. You may need to restore > the CentOS words often to permit CentOS updates to do the right thing. I've been thinking about that too, ever since I did a yum update yesterday on my test machine. I had the centos-line commented out and instead had a rhel-line in there. AFAICT, the update went through fine, incl a kernel update. But this might be a potential gotcha'. > If /etc/redhat-release is not the answer you may have to look harder > at the failing process with strace or even SELinux tricks to see > what it does look at. Use SELinux tricks even if I don't have it installed? I'm not that familiar with SELinux, except for knowing it's a security hardened something or other. > If it is Oracle, Given the price of Oracle -- just purchase the RH > product. > It is common that the expensive packages are the most restrictive and > putative. Nah, not Oracle. We run Orcacle on Windows here. It's a constant pain for our db-admin. Main concern are a handful of proprietary molecular building and calculation suites. The *nix-group here uses computer aided drug design. There are db's involved but they are installed and run from each software suite, w/o involvement of Oracle or some such. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] Faking RHEL with CentOS
John wrote: >> From CentOS /etc/redhat-release: > CentOS release 5.2 (Final) > >> From RHEL3 /etc/redhat-release: > Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 3 (Taroon Update 9) > >> From RHEL4 /etc/redhat-release: > Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 4 (Nahant Update 7) > > Has anybody maybe actually done this already and can tell if it'd > work? > > What other places may a software look into to check the computer runs > the correct OS? > > JohnStanley Writes: > > Yes that will work. Replace the appropriate string. Also do cat > /etc/issue. > One more and it is called programatically "rpm --whatprovides" Nice! Thx, will investigate the suggested files and rpm stuff. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Faking RHEL with CentOS
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 11:06 AM, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From CentOS /etc/redhat-release: > CentOS release 5.2 (Final) > > >From RHEL3 /etc/redhat-release: > Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 3 (Taroon Update 9) > > >From RHEL4 /etc/redhat-release: > Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 4 (Nahant Update 7) > > Has anybody maybe actually done this already and can tell if it'd work? > > What other places may a software look into to check the computer runs the > correct OS? > > JohnStanley Writes: > > Yes that will work. Replace the appropriate string. Also do cat /etc/issue. > One more and it is called programatically "rpm --whatprovides" > If there are 1 files it might look at 1 different places including device names kernel names, shell features, kernel modules and more. i.e all the things that 'configure' might know about and more. /etc/redhat-release is the most common. N.B. You may need to restore the CentOS words often to permit CentOS updates to do the right thing. If /etc/redhat-release is not the answer you may have to look harder at the failing process with strace or even SELinux tricks to see what it does look at. If it is Oracle, Given the price of Oracle -- just purchase the RH product. It is common that the expensive packages are the most restrictive and putative. -- NiftyCluster T o m M i t c h e l l ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] Faking RHEL with CentOS
>From CentOS /etc/redhat-release: CentOS release 5.2 (Final) >From RHEL3 /etc/redhat-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 3 (Taroon Update 9) >From RHEL4 /etc/redhat-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 4 (Nahant Update 7) Has anybody maybe actually done this already and can tell if it'd work? What other places may a software look into to check the computer runs the correct OS? JohnStanley Writes: Yes that will work. Replace the appropriate string. Also do cat /etc/issue. One more and it is called programatically "rpm --whatprovides" JohnStanley ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE： [CentOS] Faking RHEL with CentOS
Yes. it will work on some softwares. I have been use this way several times and successfully "cheating" ORACLE DB installation and DELL OPMN installation. But it failed to "cheating" on "Veritas Netbackup" installation. --- 08/10/1 (星期三)[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 寫道： 寄件者: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 主旨: [CentOS] Faking RHEL with CentOS 收件者: "'CentOS mailing list'" 日期: 2008 10 1 星期三 上午 9:53 Hi all, I'm looking to test out a solution with CentOS instead of our venerable RHEL3-servers. Some of the software we use and need, requires for it to run on RHEL. Figuring that CentOS is binary compatible with RHEL this should work anyway. I also found out using Google that many programs look in /etc/redhat-release file to check that the right OS is there. After checking the contents on a CentOS machine I have available, as well as one running RHEL3 and 4, my guess would be that adding the "correct" text in the redhat-release file on CentOS would enable picky software requiring RHEL to run in CentOS instead. >From CentOS /etc/redhat-release: CentOS release 5.2 (Final) >From RHEL3 /etc/redhat-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 3 (Taroon Update 9) >From RHEL4 /etc/redhat-release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 4 (Nahant Update 7) Has anybody maybe actually done this already and can tell if it'd work? What other places may a software look into to check the computer runs the correct OS? Ideas and comments are welcome! TIA. -- Best Wishes Sorin - http://home-skynet.servehttp.com/ Proud member of TEAM OS/2. Mountainbiker [Kona Kilauea - Member of Equipe Les Cafards VTT] Motorcyclist [Honda VFR750F-'97] MCSE, MCP+I, MCP, A+ [Knowledge is power!] - () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ MotD: This is an adware tagline. Please visit our sponsors to continue helping the development of this tagline. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos __ 付費才容量無上限？Yahoo!奇摩電子信箱2.0免費給你，信件永遠不必刪！ http://tw.mg0.mail.yahoo.com/dc/landing___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
