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Re: [SLE] Automatic updates for SLES9
- From: Rikard Johnels <rikjoh@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 17:42:34 +0200
- Message-id: <200505271742.35575.rikjoh@xxxxxxxxx>
On Friday 27 May 2005 04.54, Michael James wrote:
> On Fri, 27 May 2005 10:41 am, Rikard Johnels wrote:
> > Hi!
> > I have a friend who just bought himself a used server.
> > It had SLES 9 installed, but a corrupt disk made him
> > (or actually it was me) reinstall it.
> > The problem is that as it is a used server,
> > he has no service agreement with SuSE,
> > and thus no login/password for the update servers.
>
> That stuff was "hidden" in plaintext
> in /var/lib/YaST/you/password
> If you've lost it, you've lost it.
>
Oh he lost it allright..
> > Is there a "public" anonymous server
> > to use for SLES upgrades available,
>
> No, no local mirrors either, that's the choke-point for licensing.
>
> > or does he either have to get a license from SuSE
> > or install 9.2/9.3 instead?
>
> Yep.
>
Ah well.. Time to snoop for another good server Linux then.
Too much flames on 9.3 for my taste. (Yes i am a chicken when it comes to
customer system)
The migration to 9.2 was bad enough.
I DID get through it, and finally got a 9.2 working without too many quirks,
but it was a smaller nightmare..
As much as i love SuSE, its getting more and more problematic to install.
I have used it since 6.2, and have not strayed once (aside from experimenting)
My own network is homogenous (so far), but a few IRIX boxes are sneaking up on
me :)
As for my friends/customers server. He doesn't really care, "As long as it
works"
> Frankly, if only 2 years of patches is enough
> I'd go with 9.3, it's much more fully-featured.
> Does "no Firefox" ring alarm bells for you?
> I'm installing SuSE Pro RPMs into SLES9 to fill the deficiencies
> and I usually have to go back to the 9.1 version before it loads. 8^(
>
I dont care for firefox on this box as it is a pure server.
But for a workstation sure...
> michaelj
>
> --
> Michael James michael.james@xxxxxxxx
> System Administrator voice: 02 6246 5040
> CSIRO Bioinformatics Facility fax: 02 6246 5166
>
> Internet Explorer is fine for downloading Firefox,
> but after that....
--
/Rikard
" Sharing knowledge is the most fundamental act of friendship.
Because it is a way you can give something without loosing something."
-R. Stallman
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Rikard Johnels email : rikjoh@xxxxxxxxx
Mob : +46 763 19 76 25
PGP : 0x461CEE56
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> On Fri, 27 May 2005 10:41 am, Rikard Johnels wrote:
> > Hi!
> > I have a friend who just bought himself a used server.
> > It had SLES 9 installed, but a corrupt disk made him
> > (or actually it was me) reinstall it.
> > The problem is that as it is a used server,
> > he has no service agreement with SuSE,
> > and thus no login/password for the update servers.
>
> That stuff was "hidden" in plaintext
> in /var/lib/YaST/you/password
> If you've lost it, you've lost it.
>
Oh he lost it allright..
> > Is there a "public" anonymous server
> > to use for SLES upgrades available,
>
> No, no local mirrors either, that's the choke-point for licensing.
>
> > or does he either have to get a license from SuSE
> > or install 9.2/9.3 instead?
>
> Yep.
>
Ah well.. Time to snoop for another good server Linux then.
Too much flames on 9.3 for my taste. (Yes i am a chicken when it comes to
customer system)
The migration to 9.2 was bad enough.
I DID get through it, and finally got a 9.2 working without too many quirks,
but it was a smaller nightmare..
As much as i love SuSE, its getting more and more problematic to install.
I have used it since 6.2, and have not strayed once (aside from experimenting)
My own network is homogenous (so far), but a few IRIX boxes are sneaking up on
me :)
As for my friends/customers server. He doesn't really care, "As long as it
works"
> Frankly, if only 2 years of patches is enough
> I'd go with 9.3, it's much more fully-featured.
> Does "no Firefox" ring alarm bells for you?
> I'm installing SuSE Pro RPMs into SLES9 to fill the deficiencies
> and I usually have to go back to the 9.1 version before it loads. 8^(
>
I dont care for firefox on this box as it is a pure server.
But for a workstation sure...
> michaelj
>
> --
> Michael James michael.james@xxxxxxxx
> System Administrator voice: 02 6246 5040
> CSIRO Bioinformatics Facility fax: 02 6246 5166
>
> Internet Explorer is fine for downloading Firefox,
> but after that....
--
/Rikard
" Sharing knowledge is the most fundamental act of friendship.
Because it is a way you can give something without loosing something."
-R. Stallman
---------------------------------------------------------------
Rikard Johnels email : rikjoh@xxxxxxxxx
Mob : +46 763 19 76 25
PGP : 0x461CEE56
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