----- Message from johnny at centos.org --------- Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:46:00 -0500 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> Reply-To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> Subject: Re: [CentOS] can I host a Ubuntu / Gentoo repository on a CentOS server? To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > Rudi Ahlers wrote: >> >> >> ----- Message from jperrin at gmail.com --------- >> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:10:00 -0400 >> From: Jim Perrin <jperrin at gmail.com> >> Reply-To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] can I host a Ubuntu / Gentoo repository on a >> CentOS server? >> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> >> >>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 5:20 AM, Ralph Angenendt >>> <ra+centos at br-online.de> wrote: >>> >>>> Whfg ybbx ng *ubj* bgure qvfgevohgvbaf jnag gb unir gurve ercbfvgbevrf >>>> frg hc naq sbyybj gung. Abeznyyl zveebevat n pbzcyrgr ercbfvgbel fubhyq >>>> or rabhtu. Fb lbh orggre nfx gung ba n Hohagh be Tragbb yvfg. >>> >>> Dammit, how many times have I told you that ROT13 is *NOT* secure! >>> >>> You have to double it to make it even marginally secure. >>> >>> Here, let me help you out: >>> >>> Just look at *how* other distributions want to have their repositories >>> set up and follow that. Normally mirroring a complete repository should >>> be enough. So you better ask that on a Ubuntu or Gentoo list >>> >>> There. see how secure that is! No one will EVER suspect Ubuntu/Gentoo >>> help on the CentOS list. >>> >>> >> >> Sure, but my main OS is CentOS, and I want to know what I need >> to change on CentOS to allow other distro's repositories on to be >> hosted on it. Do I need to do anything special? > > That totally depends on the mirrors you are hosting, how their metadata > is generated, etc. > > But the process to mirror them should just be to rsync some files into > a web or ftp directory ----- End message from johnny at centos.org ----- It's that simple, hey? Thanx :) -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080715/9aad63f0/attachment-0005.html>