I'm setting up a server with CentOS (well, a test server (a Qemu VM), a main server, and a backup server (both Xen slices)), one each with CentOS 4.4, 4.5, and 5.0, and it all works. It's also one more version of CentOS than I was expecting, as the test server got suddenly upgraded to CentOS 4.5 during a 200 MB update. I then found the FAQ that explained that CentOS does this a few times a year, and that the old point releases are archives that won't receive any more updates; that is, to get security updates one has to accept all the updates and version upgrades. This isn't quite what I expected for a "stable" OS; rather it's more like Fedora (6), which also just got a large update. Does RHEL work this way also? Or does RH provide security updates for, e.g., RHEL 4.4 now that 4.5 is out? Am I just missing something? I'm new to setting up and maintaining servers. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
