On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 09:58 -0800, Noah Campbell wrote: > I was also looking at a similar configuration. > > If you can upgrade your kernel, you have a shot. > http://lxc.sourceforge.net/index.php/about/kernel-namespaces/ gives the > minimum kernel for a particular configuration. > > -Noah
Thanks for the reply, Noah. I cannot use kernels from the "upstream" source tree or those that are based upon it because RHEL kernels don't track directly with the latest kernel source. I'm hoping that either someone has ported LXC features and tools to RHEL/CentOS 5 or patches exist for the RHEL/CentOS 5 kernels. RHEL/CentOS kernels, as well as the software within the distro, cannot necessarily be judged by their version numbers. As any RHEL maintainer will tell you, Red Hat back-ports all security and bug fixes, and many feature updates to the version that existed when the major version was released. Very few applications, servers, or utilities are upgraded to current version numbers. Instead, after an update minor revision numbers are incremented and/or appended to the package name. For example, Red Hat just released its 6th maintenance update to RHEL 5 yesterday containing a pile of security updates, bug-fixes, and enhancements to over 150 applications, including the kernel and gcc tools and libs. While the version numbers bear no resemblance to the latest kernel, tools and apps, all security security flaws, important bugs have been resolved and some upstream features included. With the release of RHEL 6, RHEL 5 has entered production phase 2. At the end of production phase 3 in March 2014 security patches and bug fixes will stop. So there are at least 3 more years of life. I'm sure our organization will be required to support it even beyond that time, though. Regards, Cal Webster ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ Lxc-users mailing list Lxc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxc-users