Comments on: Getting ‘yum-protectbase’ to Work in RHEL5 [FIXED-READ UPDATE] http://www.smert.net/2008/05/03/getting-yum-protectbase-to-work-in-rhel5/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:25:59 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dan Pritts http://www.smert.net/2008/05/03/getting-yum-protectbase-to-work-in-rhel5/comment-page-1/#comment-493 Dan Pritts Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:04:54 +0000 http://www.smert.net/?p=64#comment-493 previously i'd only tested this on i386, not a x86_64 I just discovered that the default /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/rhnplugin.conf looks like this on i386 or x86_64: [main] enabled = 1 gpgcheck = 1 [rhel-i386-server-5] enabled = 1 On an x86_64 system there is no stanza for rhel-x86_64-server-5, and you need to add one if you want protectbase to work. I haven't tested this extensively but it seems to work. previously i’d only tested this on i386, not a x86_64

I just discovered that the default /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/rhnplugin.conf looks like this on i386 or x86_64:

[main]
enabled = 1
gpgcheck = 1

[rhel-i386-server-5]
enabled = 1

On an x86_64 system there is no stanza for rhel-x86_64-server-5, and you need to add one if you want protectbase to work. I haven’t tested this extensively but it seems to work.

]]> By: Dan Pritts http://www.smert.net/2008/05/03/getting-yum-protectbase-to-work-in-rhel5/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Dan Pritts Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:19:14 +0000 http://www.smert.net/?p=64#comment-449 As of yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-13.el5 (current as of this writing), you can just go into /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/rhnplugin.conf and add "protect = 1" to each repo listed in the plugin. Once you've done that yum-protectbase appears to do its thing, no modification to yum-rhn-plugin required. Note that there is a security advisory on yum-rhn-plugin, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0815.html so if you've excluded it you might want to update it. As of yum-rhn-plugin-0.5.4-13.el5 (current as of this writing), you can just go into /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/rhnplugin.conf and add “protect = 1″ to each repo listed in the plugin.

Once you’ve done that yum-protectbase appears to do its thing, no modification to yum-rhn-plugin required.

Note that there is a security advisory on yum-rhn-plugin, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0815.html

so if you’ve excluded it you might want to update it.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.smert.net/2008/05/03/getting-yum-protectbase-to-work-in-rhel5/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Stephen Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:24:33 +0000 http://www.smert.net/?p=64#comment-192 Works perfectly for RHEL5.2, thanks for the write-up ! Works perfectly for RHEL5.2, thanks for the write-up !

]]> By: Jason http://www.smert.net/2008/05/03/getting-yum-protectbase-to-work-in-rhel5/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Jason Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:15:14 +0000 http://www.smert.net/?p=64#comment-191 Once you have yum-protectbase installed you can make changes to yum-rhn-plugin. It should be working fine after that. If it still isn't working then I'll have to finish downloading the latest RHEL ISOs and test it my self. Once you have yum-protectbase installed you can make changes to yum-rhn-plugin. It should be working fine after that. If it still isn’t working then I’ll have to finish downloading the latest RHEL ISOs and test it my self.

]]> By: Ryan Daly http://www.smert.net/2008/05/03/getting-yum-protectbase-to-work-in-rhel5/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Ryan Daly Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:10:43 +0000 http://www.smert.net/?p=64#comment-190 Found that RHEL 5.2 provides yum-protectbase as a package... Found that RHEL 5.2 provides yum-protectbase as a package…

]]> By: Ryan Daly http://www.smert.net/2008/05/03/getting-yum-protectbase-to-work-in-rhel5/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Ryan Daly Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:42:37 +0000 http://www.smert.net/?p=64#comment-189 This appears not to work for my RHEL 5.2 system... Any updates that you know of? This appears not to work for my RHEL 5.2 system… Any updates that you know of?

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