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Chapter 7. Red Hat Network Registration Client
Figure 7-14. Registration Finished
7.6. Entitling Your System
Now that you have registered your system, it must be entitled before you can receive updated pack-
ages. In other words, you must subscribe it to a service level offering. Everyone automatically receives
one free Demo entitlement after creating an account by registering a system for RHN or creating a
redhat.com account.
To entitle a system, go to http://rhn.redhat.com and login using the same username and password you
just used in the Red Hat Network Registration Client. On the left navigation bar, click Entitlements
under the Your RHN category. The Entitlement Manager tells you how many entitlements you have
left. If you have one or more left, check the checkbox under the Entitled column beside the name of
the system that you just registered. Then click the Update Entitlements button at the bottom of the
page. The number of entitlements remaining will decrease, and your system is now ready to use the
Red Hat Update Agent and RHN website. Refer to Chapter 2 Red Hat Update Agent and Chapter
4 Red Hat Network Website for details on how to use them. If you do not have any entitlement slots
left, enter the number you want to purchase and click the Buy Now! button to purchase additional
subscriptions.
7.7. Text Mode RHN Registration Client
If you are not running the X Window System, the Red Hat Network Registration Client starts in
text mode.
You can force the Red Hat Network Registration Client to run in text mode with the command:
rhn_register --nox
The screens for the text mode Red Hat Network Registration Client are almost identical to the
screens for the graphical Red Hat Network Registration Client. Some of the text in the text mode
version is more concise due to lack of space in the interface. However, there is an equal number of
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