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Re: Does SL6 support yum-plugin-security ?
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Tanmoy Chatterjee <[log in to unmask]>
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Tanmoy Chatterjee <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:45:35 +0530
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On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 4:19 AM, Stefan Lasiewski <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Does SL6 support the yum-plugin-security [1] plugin? This would be very
> useful in addressing security advisories.
In this respect I want to add - does the yum "PRESTO" plug-in works with SL6.1?
>
> The SL6 Deployment Guide mentions this plugin, but I'm not clear if SL6
> supports this since the plugin requires a significant amount of work in the
> yum repositories.
>
> I installed this plugin on a brand new SL6.1 installation, but I'm not
> getting any information out of it:
>
> SL61 # yum list-sec cves
> Loaded plugins: security
> updateinfo list done
> SL61 #
>
> I've searched around for an answer to this, but I haven't found much
> information.
>
> Thank you!
>
> -= Stefan
>
> [1] http://magazine.redhat.com/2008/01/16/tips-and-tricks-yum-security/
> [2]
> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/documents/tuv/6/Deployment.Guide.html#sec-Plugin_Descriptions
>
>
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> Computer System Engineer III    Email: [log in to unmask]
> Networking, Security, and Servers Group
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> Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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