On 9/25/2011 10:56 AM, /dev/rob0 wrote:
On Sunday 25 September 2011 07:27:59 Phill Edwards wrote:
Where did you look? A source install of Postfix using default
paths places an /etc/postfix/aliases file.
I installed from CentOS RPMs. The version I have is
postfix-2.3.3-2.3.el5_6.
FYI that version was EOL in 2009.
Note that CentOS is a clone of RedHat. Redhat has always has the motto
of staying with base version numbering for packages contained in the
original release... or at least when possible. They then 'backport' all
security fixes to these old numbered versions. Why? Well, after running
RedHat based servers for a bit over 15 years, I can count on one hand
the number of times updates broke something. Config files don't change,
or if they do, they are written as filename.rpmnew and you are warned.
Rarely do you have to do anything about these.
So, when you see folks on RedHat or any of the cloned versions, CentOS
being by far the largest in use, and you see what appears to be an old
version, it really isn't purely what you think. Yes, it might not
contain some of the latest features, but it will contain all security
patches and bug fixes in spite of the numbering.
Cutting edge? Nope, RedHat is never cutting edge and us sys admins
rarely bleed.
John Hinton
