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dandan
Asked: 2016-05-22 19:42:34 +0800 CST

yum + list all available security updates without installing them, on redhat 5?

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To list all available security updates without installing them, I run this

and this syntax is working on redhat 6 and 7

 # yum list-security --security

please advice what is the syntax for redhat 5?

I try the 

 yum list-security --security

but this syntax not runing corectly on redhat 5

from redhat doc -

For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

To list all available security updates without installing them, run: Raw

     # yum list-security --security
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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You have to first install the yum security plugin.

    # yum install yum-security

    Then do, as you have above.

    # yum list-security --security

    Note, I don't have a RHEL5 system around any more to test this.

    Source: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/10021

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