superyupkent Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Hello everyone, I have been running Mandrake for some time now as mail and webserver and am very happy with the stability and functionality. Currently I have Mandrake 10 running and I'm looking into updating and patching of software. After renewing my urpmi files and databases i've punched in the following: [root@domain config]# urpmi --auto-select To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed (292 M B): XFree86-4.3-32.1.100mdk.i586 XFree86-xfs-4.3-32.1.100mdk.i586 apache-modules-1.3.29-1.2.100mdk.i586 apache2-2.0.48-6.3.100mdk.i586 apache2-common-2.0.48-6.3.100mdk.i586 apache2-mod_cache-2.0.48-6.3.100mdk.i586 apache2-mod_disk_cache-2.0.48-6.3.100mdk.i586 apache2-mod_proxy-2.0.48-6.3.100mdk.i586 apache2-mod_ssl-2.0.48-6.3.100mdk.i586 apache2-modules-2.0.48-6.3.100mdk.i586 cvs-1.11.16-1.1.100mdk.i586 dhcp-client-3.0-1.rc14.0.1.100mdk.i586 dhcp-common-3.0-1.rc14.0.1.100mdk.i586 drakxtools-newt-10-34.3.100mdk.i586 ftp-client-krb5-1.3-6.2.100mdk.i586 harddrake-10-34.3.100mdk.i586 initscripts-7.06-49.1.100mdk.i586 kernel-source-2.6.3-15mdk.i586 libapr0-2.0.48-6.3.100mdk.i586 libkrb51-1.3-6.2.100mdk.i586 libphp_common432-4.3.4-4.1.100mdk.i586 libpng3-1.2.5-10.5.100mdk.i586 libpng3-devel-1.2.5-10.5.100mdk.i586 libsmbclient0-3.0.2a-3.2.100mdk.i586 libxfree86-4.3-32.1.100mdk.i586 libxfree86-devel-4.3-32.1.100mdk.i586 libxine1-1-0.rc5.1plf.i586 libxine1-devel-1-0.rc5.1plf.i586 mod_ssl-2.8.16-1.2.100mdk.i586 perl-Libconf-0.33-2.1.100mdk.noarch php432-devel-4.3.4-4.1.100mdk.i586 shorewall-2.0.1-3.2.100mdk.noarch telnet-client-krb5-1.3-6.2.100mdk.i586 Is this OK? (Y/n) So apparently, a number of packages need to be updated. At the moment I'm doing my placement in Malaysia while my server is running in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This means that I wont have physical access to my server. At the moment everything is running perfectly so I'm doubting between "if it ain't broke don't fix it" and just keeping my software up to date. The second thing is that I've changed the configuration of apache, in stead of /var/www & /etc/httpd, I've created 1 partition /www where all my webserving files are residing. I think that after running the new package I'll be left with an broken apache configuration. I'm looking forward to hear your opinions on this matter, thanks Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 well, i doubt that the updating of packages will destroy/change your individual settings. i also updated my packages (also over 200 mb) and every single "individual" configuration that i have made was not touched/changed. everything works fine. whe you update, it will surely ask you a lot about "blahblah, wrong signature, wanna install anyway?". i installed all rpms nonetheless, haven't had any problems since. the only annoying thing is the time it takes... between 30 and 60 minutes with adsl-connection (depending on server-speed of course). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anon Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Unless you have a reliable ssh connection to the server from Malaysia, i should leave it as it is until you get back. Just update any security packages. The rest can wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feralertx Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 whe you update, it will surely ask you a lot about "blahblah, wrong signature, wanna install anyway?". To avoid being asked about wrong signatures, issue the urpmi command as follows: yes | urpmi --auto-select It works like a charm, no more questions asked B) I first heard of it in www.mandrakeclub.com but dont know how it does to answer the questions, if anyone can explain how it works i'll be grateful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superyupkent Posted August 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Ok, well that at least gives me some idea's on what do do. I think I'll just update apache, mod_ssl and libpng then. What do you think about updating shorewall? Will it take over my old settings regarding the open ports? I don't want to lose my web, mail and ssh ports. I guess that the kernel package especially shouldn't be updated when you can't access your server? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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