>>>>> "James" == James Pifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I can't seem to upgrade any RPM's with the -U option. I have
> never seen this work. Should it work? So I've been using -i
> --force. Most of the time this works.
> I've updated OpenSSL because OpenSSH required it. Now I'm trying
> to upgrade glibc. When I try to do glibc-2.2.4-13 it says it
> fails dependencies for glibc-devel. If I try to upgrade
> glibc-devel to 2.2.4-13 it say it needs glibc-2.2.4-13. Isn't
> this a catch 22? How the heck should I be doing these upgrades?
> Also, Nessus reports that my sendmail server will allow relays,
> but I don't think it does. How can I tell for sure?
James,
For the glibc* problem, try:
$ rpm -Uvh glibc-2.2.4-13.xx.rpm glibc-devel-2.2.4-13.xx.rpm
If you install/upgrade all the related packages at the same time, rpm
will sort out the dependencies.
I've had mixed results from using the -U option myself, but I usually
try it at first to see if it works.
I've also started taking the time to look at the dependencies required
before trying to upgrade or install new packages. If you look on
rpmfind.net or redhat.com, you can see what the package you are about
to download requires. Or if you already have the package downloaded,
you can do:
$ rpm -qRp glibc-2.2.4-13.xxx.rpm
To find what the package requires before you try to install it.
Nessus will tell you that your sendmail server will allow relays if
you have port 25 open to the world. Actually sendmail-8.11 will not
relay mail by default. You have to tell it who it's OK to relay to in
the access.db. However, if you get all your mail from a POP3 or IMAP
server, you don't need to have port 25 open to the world. You can
close it in your firewall script and sendmail will still act as your
local MTA (mail transfer agent.) Or you can do what some people do and tell
fetchmail to hand off to procmail as your local MTA.
Regards,
Gregg
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