Red Hat Topics - ftp site for redhat E 4 rpms

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ftp site for redhat E 4 rpms

fletchb@gmail.com

2007-03-23, 7:12 pm

Hello,
I need to reinstall openssh packages (mabye openssl too) for redhat
enterprise and the problem is the version on the machine is newer than
the install cds. If you go to their site they want you to use up2date
or their network manger..but the problem is the manager queues
everything and won;t just let you down it..it just stays queued and
that;t it.

I had no idea redhat had become so hard to deal with but for now I am
stuck with it as I am in the middle of upgrading an email server that
was almost ready to go til I did a whoops and copied over a passwd
file and wiped out some of the ssh accounts.

Thanks,Fletch

And for the future, what is a good distro these days?

Jean-David Beyer

2007-03-24, 1:14 am

fletchb@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
> I need to reinstall openssh packages (mabye openssl too) for redhat
> enterprise and the problem is the version on the machine is newer than
> the install cds. If you go to their site they want you to use up2date
> or their network manger..but the problem is the manager queues
> everything and won;t just let you down it..it just stays queued and
> that;t it.

I think it will bring anything you have on your machine up to date. So to
reinstall, just install what you ssh and ssl from your distribution disk,
and then run up2date. It will update them to the current version.

Alternatively, you could just go to

https://rhn.redhat.com/network/soft...=NVREA&cid=2866

assuming you are running RHEL 4 for an *86 machine. You could use ftp even a
web browser to get the files you want from there.

> I had no idea redhat had become so hard to deal with but for now I am
> stuck with it as I am in the middle of upgrading an email server that
> was almost ready to go til I did a whoops and copied over a passwd
> file and wiped out some of the ssh accounts.
>
> Thanks,Fletch
>
> And for the future, what is a good distro these days?
>
RHEL 5

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Jan Gerrit Kootstra

2007-03-24, 7:13 am

fletchb@gmail.com

2007-03-24, 7:12 pm

On Mar 24, 2:08 am, Jan Gerrit Kootstra <jan.ger...@kootstra.org.uk>
wrote:
> flet...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Hello Fletch,
>
> I do not use their website, but just run yum (RHEL5) or up2date (RHEL2.1
> up-to RHEL4) to add packages.
>
> up2date package.rpm installs or updates the package, it also resolves
> dependancies.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jan Gerrit Kootstra

But it doesn't repair a bad install and that is what I need. In the
old days you simply downloaded an rpm and did a force install. If they
expect this enterprise version to be used in a production environment,
then they should not have removed the tools needed to run it in such
an environment. They have hobbled what was once a great distro. In a
production enviroment you need to fix things NOW, not wait a couple of
days for their website to decide when you can have it.

regards,
Fletch

fletchb@gmail.com

2007-03-24, 7:12 pm

On Mar 23, 8:19 pm, Jean-David Beyer <jeandav...@verizon.net> wrote:
> flet...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> I think it will bring anything you have on your machine up to date. So to
> reinstall, just install what you ssh and ssl from your distribution disk,
> and then run up2date. It will update them to the current version.
>
> Alternatively, you could just go to
>
> https://rhn.redhat.com/network/soft....pxt?upper=2...
>
> assuming you are running RHEL 4 for an *86 machine. You could use ftp even a
> web browser to get the files you want from there.
>
>
>
>
> RHEL 5

Not for hobby use but for production environment. No way will I go
with a distro that won't let me download rpms when I need to repair
something and only sends them out when it feels like it. I asked their
website for those rpms yesterday afternoon and still don't have them
as of yet 24 hours later.
>
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> ^^-^^ 21:10:01 up 35 days, 8:35, 3 users, load average: 4.32, 4.81, 4.89

fletchb@gmail.com

2007-03-24, 7:12 pm

On Mar 23, 8:19 pm, Jean-David Beyer <jeandav...@verizon.net> wrote:
> flet...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> I think it will bring anything you have on your machine up to date. So to
> reinstall, just install what you ssh and ssl from your distribution disk,
> and then run up2date. It will update them to the current version.
>
See that is the catch 22. It won't let me install from the CD
because they have already been updated by up2date and I already tried
to ftp yesterday but you get an html page that shows advisories..and I
need a dir listing with actual rpm names to match the version I
already have.

When MS started doing tactics like this for their patches, some came
up with ways to download them anyway and I am sure someone has already
figured out how to do this with Redhat. I understand they are in
business to make money but at the same time don't stop your paying
customers from downloading files needed for support.

I guess they are trying to "automate" support and that is great, but
automation without fault tolerance will get your killed every time.

regards, Fletch

> Alternatively, you could just go to
>
> https://rhn.redhat.com/network/soft....pxt?upper=2...
>
> assuming you are running RHEL 4 for an *86 machine. You could use ftp even a
> web browser to get the files you want from there.
>
>
>
>
> RHEL 5
>
> --
> .~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
> /V\ PGP-Key: 9A2FC99A Registered Machine 241939.
> /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org
> ^^-^^ 21:10:01 up 35 days, 8:35, 3 users, load average: 4.32, 4.81, 4.89

Jean-David Beyer

2007-03-24, 7:12 pm

fletchb@gmail.com wrote:
> On Mar 23, 8:19 pm, Jean-David Beyer <jeandav...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Not for hobby use but for production environment. No way will I go
> with a distro that won't let me download rpms when I need to repair
> something and only sends them out when it feels like it. I asked their
> website for those rpms yesterday afternoon and still don't have them
> as of yet 24 hours later.

I have no idea why that would be. It works just fine for me. Has your
subscription expired?

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Jean-David Beyer

2007-03-24, 7:12 pm

fletchb@gmail.com wrote:
> On Mar 23, 8:19 pm, Jean-David Beyer <jeandav...@verizon.net> wrote:
> See that is the catch 22. It won't let me install from the CD
> because they have already been updated by up2date and I already tried
> to ftp yesterday but you get an html page that shows advisories..and I
> need a dir listing with actual rpm names to match the version I
> already have.

You must have gone to the wrong place. The link I gave you goes to just what
you say you want. Of course, you must have an entitlement to get to that
page. Red Hat are not giving it out for free.
>
> When MS started doing tactics like this for their patches, some came
> up with ways to download them anyway and I am sure someone has already
> figured out how to do this with Redhat. I understand they are in
> business to make money but at the same time don't stop your paying
> customers from downloading files needed for support.

They don't.[vbcol=seagreen]
>
> I guess they are trying to "automate" support and that is great, but
> automation without fault tolerance will get your killed every time.
>
> regards, Fletch
>
>

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Jean-David Beyer

2007-03-24, 7:12 pm

fletchb@gmail.com wrote:
> On Mar 24, 2:08 am, Jan Gerrit Kootstra <jan.ger...@kootstra.org.uk>
> wrote:
>
> But it doesn't repair a bad install and that is what I need. In the
> old days you simply downloaded an rpm and did a force install. If they
> expect this enterprise version to be used in a production environment,
> then they should not have removed the tools needed to run it in such
> an environment. They have hobbled what was once a great distro. In a
> production enviroment you need to fix things NOW, not wait a couple of
> days for their website to decide when you can have it.
>
I do not know why you cannot download any rpm you want? Just go to the
distribution you want, and select what you want from the page. Here is the
start of the *86 version of RHEL4

4Suite-1.0-3.i386 A collections of XML-related technologies for python
a2ps-4.13b-41.i386 Converts text and other types of files to PostScript(TM).
acl-2.2.23-5.i386 Access control list utilities.
acpid-1.0.3-2.i386 ACPI Event Daemon
alchemist-1.0.34-1.i386 A multi-sourced configuration back-end.

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Matt Dick

2007-03-26, 1:16 am

Hi,

I found Ubuntu to be much more user friendly.

md

fletchb@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
> I need to reinstall openssh packages (mabye openssl too) for redhat
> enterprise and the problem is the version on the machine is newer than
> the install cds. If you go to their site they want you to use up2date
> or their network manger..but the problem is the manager queues
> everything and won;t just let you down it..it just stays queued and
> that;t it.
>
> I had no idea redhat had become so hard to deal with but for now I am
> stuck with it as I am in the middle of upgrading an email server that
> was almost ready to go til I did a whoops and copied over a passwd
> file and wiped out some of the ssh accounts.
>
> Thanks,Fletch
>
> And for the future, what is a good distro these days?
>

fletchb@gmail.com

2007-03-27, 7:12 pm

On Mar 24, 4:32 pm, Jean-David Beyer <jeandav...@verizon.net> wrote:
> flet...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I have no idea why that would be. It works just fine for me. Has your
> subscription expired?
>
No and in fact this box is brand new along with the subscription. But
good news -I was able to finally find a way to individually search and
download rpms from the the site...I book marked it as I am not going
through all their hoops for something that should be so simple again!
SSH is fine now but unsure about ssl. I can't tell if SSL is the
problem or something else so I was about to just do a restore until I
was surprised to find RH E 4 doesn't automatically work with USB
drives.???? I am trying to manually get it working now but their tech
help doesn't offer a solution if the drive is seen but not assigned a
device name. Still working on it though.

I really miss the old days when RH didnt work out of the box but no
one expected it too. Now it's flashy and big but support is hard to
deal with and it still needs plenty of help to get it working. Oh well
let me get back to it.

regards, Fletch

fletchb@gmail.com

2007-03-27, 7:12 pm

How hard is it to get updates (rpms or tar)?
Does it support usb drives?

Thanks, Fletch

On Mar 25, 3:37 pm, Matt Dick <mattd...@yahoo.com> wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
> Hi,
>
> I found Ubuntu to be much more user friendly.
>
> md
>
> flet...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>