[BlueOnyx:10033] Re: Conf files replaced by update

[Michael Stauber]

Hi Frank,

> First, I have a mail server in the sendmail config of which I have added
> some lines concerning spam and virus detection. The sendmail.cf and .mc
> are replaced each time sendmail is updated on the server. What seems
> strange to me is that I thought that yum was able to detect a modified
> config file and to not overwrite it...

Yes, during such massives updates it is kind of unavoidable that some config 
files get updated. Especially the configuration for AdmServ and Sendmail will 
get updated and whatever additions you made to those will be lost.

Generally you shouldn't modify your sendmail.cf. Any modification should go 
into sendmail.mc, which our updates will never overwrite. So whenever 
sendmail.cf is rebuilt from the sendmail.mc during an update, your changes 
will be retained.

As for the AdmServ configuration: This is a "no-go territory".  You should not 
modify AdmServ's configuration for any reason. If you do so, then that will 
always be at your own risk and will always be entirely unsupported and highly 
discouraged.

> Second, on some BO servers, my customers have requested the most recent
> version of PHP. 

5107R and 5108R already come with PHP-5.3.3 pre-installed, while the older 
5106R of course still uses PHP-5.1.6.

Additionally for 5106R, 5107R and 5108R there are supported third party PHP 
updates available from Solarspeed.net and Compass Networks. None of these 
third party PHP updates requires any changes to AdmServ. Likewise, these third 
party PHP updates don't break during YUM updates and are available with (and 
without) subscription to future PHP updates.

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber