On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 6:16 PM, Justin <justin.bull at c3studios.ca> wrote: > I've just got a new dedicated server from Hostik and they've installed > CentOS 5.2 on the system (awesome!) and came pre-installed with PHP, MySQL, > and Apache (among other things). I noticed that PHP version is 5.1.6, the > MYSQL is 5.0.45, and Apache is 2.2.3 If you do some research, you will find that Hostik helped you, by installing this great (IMHO) distribution on your server. What you will get from CentOS, among other things, are: security, stability, a very long life and super support from many of the highly experienced people on this mailing list. > So my question is, how do I change my yum configuration to install the > latest and greatest versions of rpms installed via yum? As Scott wrote, you will rarely get the latest and greatest versions on this or any other Enterprise distro. And, you probably should not have them, on a server. Welcome to CentOS and to Enterprise Linux and good luck with your new dedicated box. Do some reading, on the CentOS Wiki and Download the Manuals from the CentOS web site and you can begin learning how to secure your server.