CentOS/RHEL 5 Configuration Tips | Linux Today

CentOS/RHEL 5 Configuration Tips

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 29, 2007

[ Thanks to Mark Rais for this
link. ]

“CentOS 5 has been out for about a week now, and in this time
I’ve installed 3 new servers with it–one i386 and two x86_64.

“Again, the CentOS developers have done an excellent job of
rebuilding Redhat’s SRPMs, and as usual Redhat have developed an
outstanding distribution.

“I’ve found a few quirks in the new release, as well as a few
interesting changes from CentOS 4. This post just details some of
my notes, from the perspective as a server administrator (ie: some
of this isn’t relevant for a desktop user)…”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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