[CentOS] EMERGENCY: Server Crash

> Great thing about lurking in lists, is that you learn stuff! I wanted to
> know how to remove every dreaded package that had been installed when an
> intern/idiot decided to install x on a remote server - now I know yum
> erase should do the trick!
>
>> Oh my.
>> You do realize that a "yum erase" will gladly remove packages
>> dependent on that package?  On my system, "yum erase openssl" will
>> remove 433 other packages.

Watch yourself, though - do a listing of what it *would* erase, and go
through that first. There are some packages that I've recently noticed
that arent' gui-based, but have them as dependencies, for some thoughtless
and stupid reason.

       mark