Re: [CentOS] Samba Update

Mike Zanker wrote:

On 7/8/05 16:52, Jim Perrin wrote:

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First I'd recommend upgrading to CentOS 3.5, as it has a number of security fixes not in 3.3.

Does it? What's the difference between an up-to-date 3.3 installation and an up-to-date 3.5 installation? 3.3 is just a symlink to 3.5 on the mirrors, from what I can see.

It is two "minor releases" further. If /etc/redhat-release tells you, that you still have CentOS 3.3, then you haven't updated your system for close to 6 months - so a "fully patched" 3.3 cannot be "fully patched" - as it will become a 3.5 system just by running "yum update".

Besides the security updates RedHat sometimes also pushes functioniality upgrades with the minor releases.

Ralph