Red Hat Network Daemon; Configuring; Viewing Status; Disabling - Red Hat NETWORK 3.2 - MANAGEMENT Reference Manual

The Red Hat Network Daemon (
dates and notifications. The daemon, which runs in the background, is typically started from the ini-
tialization scripts in
/etc/init.d/rhnsd
To check for updates,
This is a small application that actually makes the network connection to RHN. The Red Hat Network
Daemon does not listen on any network ports or talk to the network directly. All network activity is
done via the
rhn_check
5.1. Configuring
The Red Hat Network Daemon can be configured by editing the
configuration file. This is actually the configuration file the
important setting offered by the daemon is its check-in frequency. The default interval time is two
hours (120 minutes). If you modify the configuration file, you must (as root) restart the daemon with
the command
service rhnsd restart
Important
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).

5.2. Viewing Status

You can view the status of the rhnsd by typing the command
/etc/rc.d/init.d/rhnsd status

5.3. Disabling

To disable the daemon, (as root) run the ntsysv utility and uncheck rhnsd. You can also (as root)
execute the command
vice the next time the system is started. To stop the service immediately, use the command
or
rhnsd stop /etc/rc.d/init.d/rhnsd stop

5.4. Troubleshooting

If you are seeing messages indicating checkins are not taking place, the RHN client on your system is
not successfully reaching Red Hat Network. Make certain:
your client is configured correctly.
•
your system can communicate with RHN via SSL (port 443). You may test this by running the
•
following command from a shell prompt:
telnet xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com 443
) periodically connects to Red Hat Network to check for up-
rhnsd
runs an external program called
rhnsd
utility.
or
at a shell prompt.
chkconfig rhnsd off

Red Hat Network Daemon

or
/etc/rc.d/init.d/rhnsd
rhn_check
rhnsd
/etc/rc.d/init.d/rhnsd restart
. Using these two methods will only disable the ser-
.
Chapter 5.
.
located in
/usr/sbin/
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd
initialization script uses. The most
.
service rhnsd status
.
or
service