RH7 - quick look the other way!

[thorin at digitalvoodoo.org (Thorin)]

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I've been running RH7 on a bunch of boxes. 
The failed Kernel Update (if you used up2date) was probably due to
the fact that update script does not re-configure lilo.conf to point
to the new kernel image.  That caught me off-guard when I upgraded
the first machine. Blew the dust off a boot disk and fixed the
problem.  

The use of /var/spool/up2date space wasn't a big deal as I always
partition /var with lots of room - especially since ftp and www live
under /var as well.  I'm still trying to figure out why RH didn't use
the /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/ tree to store the files once downloaded...

Hardening was pretty straight forward with some minor tweaks to the
usual process in relation to xinetd. IMHO, RH is getting much better
at securing "out-of-the-box" installations. 

Overall, I like it and recommend it regularly.  However, I'm trying
to pin down why memory resources are not being released for extended
periods (hours) when programs (such as gnome and it's related
applications) have terminated and I'm back in the shell.   

What's the "whole compiler thing" you reference?  I haven't noticed
any major problems and I compile code regularly.

- --Thorin


- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: <linuxguy at ici.net>
To: <discuss at Blu.Org>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 22:19
Subject: RH7 - quick look the other way!


> 
> Well,
> 
> following my 6.1 server crash on Friday & my inability to recover
> from suspected filesystem corruption, I've now installed RH7. Get
> this, I thought it would take roughly the same amount of time to
> restore from my tapes as it would to just install RH7.  :-(
> 
> First impression? ..... UGH!
> 
> I like   : xinetd, rc-scripts in normal places, updated GTK/GIMP &
> other stuff I dislike: the whole compiler thing
> 
> My BIGGEST headache was when I went to go apply the recommended
> patches. My / (root) filesystem didn't have enough room to install
> the packages. After fiddling for about an hour trying to repair the
> failed kernel update, I just reloaded again with a larger / (256M
> instead of 64M).
> 
> Anyone else running 7.0 (un)happily?
> 
> - christoph
> 
> 
> 
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