> Since CentOS strives to be a free, binary-identical version of Red Hat, > how does this process work? I imagine it goes something like this... > > Red Hat releases Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.6 on some date. I can't > seem to find the date on redhat.com, but according to wikipedia, it was > 15th of November, 2007.[1] > > So then once Red Hat releases RHEL AS 4.6, the CentOS team basically > downloads the source code/whatever they need, strips out the graphics > and other copyrighted material, "CentOS-ifies" it, and then releases it > as CentOS 4.6. > > Is that basically how this process works? > > So then the answer to my Samba related questions is this: Red Hat > released the security updates that I mentioned as part of Update 6. > They didn't release anything for RHEL 4.5. So naturally, the CentOS > team doesn't want to "backport" these updates to CentOS 4.5, they're > doing the same thing Red Hat did, releasing the new samba package with > the security fixes I mentioned (almost certainly in addition to other > fixes) as part of the CentOS Update 6. And personally, I have to say > that makes a lot of sense since the point of CentOS is to be as > identical to RHEL as possible. > > Thanks again for responding, Johnny. Would you please let me know if I > got that right and make any necessary corrections? > > Thanks, > - Bit I think you have a clear view on this topic. There is also a related thread in the CentOS forum and Johnny's response is comment #14 http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=11376&forum=42 Akemi