paul-w
Verified User
Hi everyone
I should know the answer to this having had a server running directadmin for donkey's years but I've forgotten.
I've been slack about keeping my CentOS 6.3 server up to date with security patches. Am I right in thinking that on a server running directadmin you can use yum update but a fair few packages are excluded as per /etc/yum.conf:
exclude=apache* httpd* mod_* mysql* MySQL* da_* *ftp* exim* sendmail* php* bind-chroot*
Presumably, therefore, it is custombuild that you use to update all the packages excluded by yum.conf?
I'm not seeking any new functionality and my exim for example is non-standard because I run MailScanner. Rather, I'm only interested in security updates.
What's my best option?
I should know the answer to this having had a server running directadmin for donkey's years but I've forgotten.
I've been slack about keeping my CentOS 6.3 server up to date with security patches. Am I right in thinking that on a server running directadmin you can use yum update but a fair few packages are excluded as per /etc/yum.conf:
exclude=apache* httpd* mod_* mysql* MySQL* da_* *ftp* exim* sendmail* php* bind-chroot*
Presumably, therefore, it is custombuild that you use to update all the packages excluded by yum.conf?
I'm not seeking any new functionality and my exim for example is non-standard because I run MailScanner. Rather, I'm only interested in security updates.
What's my best option?