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Red Hat Network Daemon
6 Red Hat Network Daemon
The Red Hat Network Daemon periodically connects to the Red Hat Network to check for updates
and notifications. The default interval time is two hours (120 minutes). This can be configured in
the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd file by specifying the time interval in minutes. If you modify
the configuration file, you must (as root) restart the daemon with the command service rhnsd
restart or /etc/rc.d/init.d/rhnsd restart.
The minimum time interval allowed is one hour (60 minutes). If you set the
interval below one hour, it will default to two hours (120 minutes).
You can view the status of the rhnsd by typing the command service rhnsd status or
/etc/rc.d/init.d/rhnsd status at a shell prompt.
To disable the daemon, (as root) run the ntsysv utility and uncheck rhnsd. You can also (as root)
execute the command chkconfig rhnsd off. Using these two methods will only disable the
service the next time the system is started. To stop the service immediately, use the command ser-
vice rhnsd stop or /etc/rc.d/init.d/rhnsd stop.
The same rules you configured for the Red Hat Update Agent apply to the Red Hat Network Daemon
(see Section 3.1, Configuring the Red Hat Update Agent).
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