Updates for Red Hat 9.0 Distros. The Red Hat 9.0 Small distro is now only 670 MB minimum size.

If you've already deployed Red Hat 9.0 small or large, run the following commands to bring yours up to date:

# Remove some wasted space (About 60 megs or so)
rpm -e wireless-tools telnet-server hwcrypto yp-tools ypbind wvdial statserial slrn rp-pppoe pciutils apmd setserial hotplug irda-utils grub nss_ldap

rm -f /etc/ldap.conf.rpmsave 

rm -rf /lib/modules/*

# Get the "apt-get" package manager for Red Hat
rpm -Uvh http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/redhat/9/apt/apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1.i386.rpm

# apt-get can update itself
apt-get update

# update your system
apt-get upgrade

# Fix sendmail
/etc/init.d/sendmail stop
apt-get install m4
mv -f /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail.rpmsave /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail
mv -f /etc/mail/sendmail.cf.rpmnew /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
mv -f /etc/mail/submit.cf.rpmnew /etc/mail/submit.cf
mv -f /etc/mail/submit.cf.bak /etc/mail/submit.cf
/etc/init.d/sendmail start # If it complains, repeat the .bak move above

# Generate new SSH keys
/etc/init.d/sshd stop
rm -f /etc/ssh/*_key*
/etc/init.d/sshd start

# Update procps (top, etc) - fixes a display error in top
rpm -Uvh http://tech9.net/rml/procps/packages/2.0.13/procps-2.0.13-1.i386.rpm

-Chris

[root@li-94 root]# ./newscript
usage: statserial [-n | -d | -x] [device]
-n option disables looping
-d option prints modem status as a decimal number
-x option prints modem status as a hexadecimal number
Default device is /dev/ttyS1
./newscript: line 4: nss_ldap: command not found
rpm: no packages given for install
./newscript: line 10: http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/ ... 1.i386.rpm: No such file or directory
./newscript: line 13: apt-get: command not found
./newscript: line 16: apt-get: command not found
Shutting down sendmail: [ OK ]
Shutting down sm-client: [ OK ]
./newscript: line 20: apt-get: command not found
mv: can't stat source /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail.rpmsave
mv: can't stat source /etc/mail/sendmail.cf.rpmnew
mv: can't stat source /etc/mail/submit.cf.rpmnew
Starting sendmail: [ OK ]
Starting sm-client: [ OK ]
Stopping sshd: [ OK ]
Generating SSH1 RSA host key: [ OK ]
Generating SSH2 RSA host key: [ OK ]
Generating SSH2 DSA host key: [ OK ]
Starting sshd: [ OK ]
rpm: no packages given for install
./newscript: line 34: http://tech9.net/rml/procps/packages/2. ... 1.i386.rpm: No such file or directory

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Be warned that typing \fBkillall \fIname\fP may not have the desired effect on non-Linux systems, especially when done by a privileged user.

Ahh - You've got line-breaks where they shouldn't be ..

-Chris

yeah i copied and pasted - thanks for catching that - its damn late here.

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Be warned that typing \fBkillall \fIname\fP may not have the desired effect on non-Linux systems, especially when done by a privileged user.