Configuring Clients Using The Clientsetup4Smt.sh Script - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE 10 SP2 - SUBSCRIPTION MANAGEMENT TOOL GUIDE Manual

To configure SMT specific data using AutoYaST, follow these steps:
1 As root, start YaST and select Miscellaneous > Autoinstallation to start the
2 Open an existing profile using File > Open, create a profile based on the current
3 Select Software > Novell Customer Center Configuration. An overview of the
4 Click Configure.
5 Set the URL of the SMT Server and, optionally, the location of the SMT Certifi-
6 Perform all other configuration needed for the systems to be deployed.
7 Select File > Save As and enter a filename for the profile, such as autoinst
7.3 Configuring Clients Using the
The /usr/share/doc/packages/smt/clientSetup4SMT.sh script is
provided with SMT. This script allows to configure a client machine to use a SMT
server or to reconfigure it to use a different SMT server.
To configure a client machine to use SMT with the clientSetup4SMT.sh script,
follow these steps:
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graphical AutoYaST front-end.
From a command line, you can start the graphical AutoYaST front-end with the
yast2 autoyast command.
system's configuration using Tools > Create Reference Profile, or just work with
an empty profile.
current configuration is shown.
cate. The possible values are the same as for the kernel parameters regurl and
regcert (see Section 7.1, "Using Kernel Parameters to Access an SMT Server"
(page 50)). The only exception is, that the ask value for regcert does not
work in AutoYaST, because it requires user interaction. If using it, the registration
process will be skipped.
.xml.
clientSetup4SMT.sh Script