[Yum] Yum Client Management

[Brian Long]

On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 16:03 -0500, Ryan Frantz wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: yum-bounces at lists.dulug.duke.edu [mailto:yum-
> > bounces at lists.dulug.duke.edu] On Behalf Of Jack Neely
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 3:51 PM
> > To: Yellowdog Updater, Modified
> > Subject: Re: [Yum] Yum Client Management
> > 
> > If I understand what WSUS is correctly, then Yum definitely what you
> are
> > looking for.  Yum facilitates automatic downloading and installation
> of
> > software updates to your Linux machine.
> 
> I think I should have been more explicit ;).  What I'm looking for is a
> management tool to be able to control updates that are available to
> clients (via an approval mechanism) and allow me to see which systems
> are patched.  I'm looking for a centralized solution that would sit
> on/near the repository.

Have you heard of Emu Software (http://www.emusoftware.com)?  Their
upcoming 3.0 release is adding RHN and Yum support for the ability to
push packages to NetDirector clients.  It's not an open-source product,
but it might do what you require.

/Brian/

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