Dac Chartrand wrote:
On 5-Oct-08, at 10:10 PM, nate wrote:
Are there any packages installed that weren't part of the *base* CentOS?
PS: I can't answer this question. I inherited a CentOS 5.2 VPS and moved forward from there.
Accusing me of screwing something up when I pretty much did `yum update`, all the while setting up and obeying priorities as outlined in the docs, and pretty much nothing else, is a bit overzealous IMHO.
I don't recall accusing you of that, you mention above you inherited that system, it's possible that whoever had it before you screwed it up before you got it.
Did I mention I don't trust VPS either ?:) I pay a bit extra and co-lo my own server a local facility so I have complete control over it and knowledge of what is/is not installed (Runs Debian stable instead of CentOS since Debian has more packages that I want/need/like).
I inherited more than 300 RHEL 3/4 systems earlier this year in various states of dysfunction. So I do have somewhat of an idea of how you feel!
The previous admin didn't really know what they were doing in many cases. It'll probably be another 6-8 months before I have everything cleaned up at this rate(getting downtime to re-install each system fresh takes a while amongst my other projects). I'd rather not try to hunt down and fix every system, just backup, re-install and start fresh so everything is in a known good, consistent state.
My habits generally involve more work up front but once that work is done the long term benefits more than compensate for it.
nate