Configuring Smt Using Yast - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE 10 SP2 - SUBSCRIPTION MANAGEMENT TOOL GUIDE Manual

Configuring SMT Using YaST

SMT can be activated and configured using a graphical interface. A special YaST
module has been created for this purpose. The YaST SMT Configuration module can
be used to configure mirroring credentials, SMT database passwords and e-mail address-
es to send SMT reports to, or to set the SMT job schedule, and activate or deactivate
the SMT service.
To configure SMT using the YaST SMT Configuration module, follow these steps:
1 To start YaST SMT module with text (ncurses) interface, run the yast smt
command as root.
To start the YaST SMT module with graphical interface, run yast2 smt as
root or open YaST Control Center and select SMT Configuration in the Network
Services section.
2 To activate SMT, check the Enable Subscription Management Tool Service
(SMT) option in the Customer Center Access tab. If you want to disable SMT,
uncheck this option. For more information about activating SMT using YaST,
see Section 2.1, "Activating and Deactivating SMT with YaST"
3 In the Customer Center Access tab, set and test credentials for the NU (Novell
Update) service. Correct credentials are necessary to enable mirroring from NU
and determine the products that should be mirrored. Also set the e-mail address
used for the registration and the URL of your SMT server. For more information,
see Section 2.2, "Setting NU Credentials with YaST"
(page 6)
(page 8).
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