Smt Configuration Files - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE 10 SP2 - SUBSCRIPTION MANAGEMENT TOOL GUIDE Manual

6.2 SMT Configuration Files

The SMT has a main configuration file: /etc/smt.conf. Most of the options in this
file can be set using YaST SMT module (see
(page 5)). Another important configuration file is /etc/smt.d/smt-cron.conf,
which contains parameters for commands launched as SMT scheduled jobs.
6.2.1 /etc/smt.conf
The /etc/smt.conf file has several sections. The [NU] section contains the NU
credentials and URL. The [DB] section contains the configuration of the MySQL
database SMT uses. The [LOCAL] section includes other configuration data. The
[REPORT] section contains the configuration of SMT reports. In the YOU9-* sections,
the configuration for the smt-mirror-sle9 command can be found.
WARNING
The /etc/smt.conf contains passwords in clear text and its default permis-
sions (640, root, wwwrun) make its content easily accessible with scripts running
on the Apache server. Be careful with running other software on the SMT
Apache server. The best policy is to use this server only for SMT.
[NU] Section of /etc/smt.conf
The following options are available in the [NU] section:
NUUrl
URL of the NU service. In most cases, it should contain the
https://nu.novell.com/ URL.
NUUser
NUUser should contain the username for NU service. For information about getting
mirroring credentials, see
This value can be set using YaST SMT Configuration module.
Chapter 2, Configuring SMT Using YaST
Section 3.1, "Getting Mirror Credentials" (page 13).
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