> Dear Mark, > >>> ... >>>> So, what I am looking for really is feedback on what people are using >>>> in the wild on multiple machines, and bonus points for people who only >>>> use tools and mechanisms already built into the CentOS [base] repo. >>> >>> We are using Spacewalk to manage /etc/sysconfig/iptables files. The <snip> >> So, what version is Spacewalk up to? When I installed it this past >> spring, it was version 0.4, and I upgraded to 0.5, which had just been \ >> released, the week before my contract ended the end of April. >> >> *I* would *never* put something that was under 1.0 (actually, 1.0.1) >> into production. > > 0.6 is quite okay, but we are using a standalone Oracle instead of XE. Ah! One good point. We used XE, which has hard limits on table size and memory. > > Besides that you can always buy a Satellite Server if you need a > proven enterprise management system. We are using both products in our > scenario. Where I was working wasn't ready to do that. But then, they didn't want to spring to keep me on. *shrug* Got a real, permanent job now. mark