CentOS release 4.8 yum update query
Server Information:
CentOS release 4.8 (Final)
PHP Version 4.3.9
mysql Ver 14.7 Distrib 4.1.22
Hope the above helps, basically I'm pretty new to linux and took over looking after a CentOS webserver in June with no prior knowledge of using a UNIX based system. As I have been learning more about Linux I have noticed that the updates just haven't been happening since April last year. Upon further investigation I found the boot partition to be full of old kernels dating back to October 2006. The guy who worked here before was supposed to be a Linux guru :s but seems to have left the system for months with no updates.
My question is: Can I use yum to update mysql and php or should I manually update due to the time in which it hasn't been updated? Also will this affect any web sites hosted on the server? I know I can restart apache gracefully to pick up the changes but I don't want the installers to do so.
Any help would be most appreciated.
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