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Section 12.4:Red Hat Network Software Manager
The email address on the
have selected to receive Errata Alert email for your systems under the
your preferred email address, replace in on the
The Preferences tab allows you to configure two Red Hat Network options:
• Email notifications — Determine whether you want to receive email every time an Errata Alert is
applicable to one or more systems in your RHN account.
• Don't clear selections — Determine whether you want to remove selections the
tions list after an action has been completed on the selection. For example, if you select five
packages and apply Errata Updates to them, the five packages will be removed from the selection
list after the action is confirmed and is added to the scheduled actions list. If you select
selection set when completing an action in a wizard
the selection list until you remove them.
12.4.4 Entitlements
To use all of the features in Software Manager, your systems must be entitled — they must be sub-
scribed to the Software Manager subscription service. Every user receives one free entitlement slot.
The Entitlement Manager
your account. To buy more entitlement slots, enter the number to purchase and click the
button.
This page also allows you to change the entitlement of a system. The systems that are currently entitled
have a check under the
a system, uncheck its entitlement box. Click the
12.4.5 The New RHN
page explains the differences between the previous Software Manager interface and
The New RHN
the current interface.
12.4.6 Installing Downloaded Packages
Once you download packages, whether through the Red Hat Network Web interface or the Red
Hat Update Agent, you have to install the packages (unless you configured Red Hat Network to
automatically install updates). You can update at a shell prompt or with a GUI from your GNOME or
KDE desktop. Updating at a shell prompt is the easier method.
To update downloaded packages at a shell prompt:
1. At a shell prompt, type cd /var/spool/up2date.
2. Type rpm -Fvh *.rpm.
tab is the one Red Hat Network sends email notification to if you
Details
page displays the number of total, used, and available entitlement slots for
column. To entitle a system, check its entitlement box. To unentitle
Entitled
page and click
Details
, the packages would not be removed from
Update Entitlements
tab. To change
Preferences
.
Update
Current Selec-
Don't clear
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to apply the changes.
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