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Scott;

You're on RHEL 4 because that's what's being run now; is there a patch 
process so that the servers are updated? I believe PHP has gotten some 
patches in the past year or so.

RHEL 4 is out of full support mode and into the "we provide patches when 
  there's something really security critical" mode. Recommend you 
upgrade to RHEL 5 which has PHP 5, as soon as practical. However, keep 
in mind you're going from PHP 4.3.9 on RHEL 4 to PHP 5 on RHEL 5. Might 
be some testing needed.

If you need to be on RHEL then use CentOS. The security "gotchas" 
mentioned are inherent in RHEL. Check your existing servers 
/etc/selinux/conf file to see if SELinux is enabled, or what. You also 
want to look at IP tables, most likely. Both can be turned off easily, 
though having them on might be good for a public facing server.

If you want to get ready for RHEL 6, due out in Q1 or so, wait a few 
days and get Fedora 12.

Feel free to ask any RH questions you want, makes me feel useful.  :)

Leam
   -- RHCE at large


Scott Wolpow wrote:
> Ideally I need the RHEL 4 environment as my current servers are running 
> them for now.
> I am planing working on optimizing the platform and customizing for my 
> needs.
> Later I will move to a platform of my choice.
> Scott Wolpow
> On 11/15/2009 12:03 AM, Gary Mort wrote:
>> Dunno about your specific need, but here is my opinion on linux 
>> flavors for servers:
>>
>> CENTOS - has some nasty little gotcha's due to their default 
>> configuration and emphasis on security.  Install packages for std web 
>> dev packages are years out of date requiring you to use non-secure 
>> repositories or compile on your own to have up to date good.  Not good 
>> for the small company.  Can provide professional level support needed 
>> by mid to large companies.
>>
>> Ubuntu - good overall mix of packages, slightly offputting user 
>> command line tools, but overall quite good.  As long as you have a 
>> decent linux community to bounce questions off of, my choise of OS for 
>> server.
>>
>> Fedora - not the greatest server, but many of the benefits of CENTOS 
>> without the years out of date part.  Good for those coming from a 
>> windows background to pickup and use.  Requires a somewhat beefier 
>> server than Ubuntu unless you really know what your doing when you 
>> choose what parts to install.  I just take everything and let it eat 
>> hard drive space.
>>
>> That's it.  I used to have a slight preference for Debian over Ubuntu, 
>> but there are more how to's for what I want to do for Ubuntu so that 
>> gave it the edge.
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Scott Wolpow <scott at wolpow.com 
>> <mailto:scott at wolpow.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     I have to run a local server with RHEL 4
>>     1) Should I just get RHEL 5 and ignore the differences?
>>     2) Use CENTOS [I want to master the RHEL directory structure, so
>>     this may be an issue]
>>     3) Where can I get a safe copy of RHEL 4
>>     4) Should I just use Fedora [Which may not be that stable]
>>     Thanks
>>     --     *Scott Wolpow*
>>     *718.275.7765*
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