On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 7:20 PM, derleader mail <derleader at abv.bg> wrote: >>> Red hat yum downloads packages from RHN >>> Centos yum downloads packages from the fastest mirror? >>> >>> There is difference in configuration. >> >>Redhat uses yum rhnplugin to download packages from rhnet. >> >>It's only difference. rhnplugin is closed source system that ties into >>rhn.redhat.com > > http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/yum-rhn-plugin-0.9.1-5.el6.src.rpm > > Is this the package? Yes, and it has a stack of dependencies to manage RHEL authentication. Frankly, I always disable it except on a host that is downloading a local RHEL mirror with "reposync", and which is my local yum repository. That makes the components available to non-root users for review and downloading, one of the great flaws of that plugin.