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6.2.1. Configuring the RHN Push application
RHN Push
When
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnpushrc
6-2. In addition, the application creates
These distinct configuration files are useful in varying your settings depending on the directory from
which the command is issued. Settings in the current directory (
rhnpush
dent over those in the user's home directory (
the central configuration file (
For instance, you can use the current directory configuration file to specify the software channel to be
populated, the home directory configuration file to include the username to be invoked, and the central
configuration file to identify the server to receive the packages.
The following summary contains all command line options for the
Option
-v --verbose
-d=, --dir=DIRECTORY
-c=, --channel=CHANNEL_LABEL
-n=,
--count=N_HEADERS_PER_CALL
-l, --list
-r=,
--reldir=RELATIVE_DIRECTORY
-o=, --orgid=ORGANIZATION_ID
-u=, --username=USERNAME
-p=, --password=PASSWORD
-s, --stdin
-X=, --exclude=GLOB
--force
--nosig
Chapter 6. Uploading and Maintaining Custom Packages
is installed, a
. This file contains values for all the options contained in Table
~/.rhnpushrc
~/.rhnpushrc
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnpushrc
Description
Increase verbosity (can use multiple times).
Process packages from this directory.
Specify the channel to receive packages. Note that this is
required and is not the same as the channel's name.
Multiple channels may be specified using multiple
instances of -c (e.g. -c=CHANNEL_ONE
-c=CHANNEL_TWO).
Process this number of headers per call. Must be an
integer. (25 is default.)
List only the specified channels.
Associate this relative directory with each file.
Include your organization's ID number. Must be an
integer.
Include RHN username of user that has administrative
access to the specified channel. If not provided,
will prompt for the username of a valid Channel
Administrator.
Include RHN password of user that has administrative
access to the specified channel. If not provided,
will prompt for the password of a valid Channel
Administrator.
Read package list from standard input (a piped
command, for example).
Exclude packages that matches this glob expression.
Force upload of a package, even if a package of that name
and version currently exists in the channel. Without this
option, uploading a pre-existing package will return an
error.
Don't fail if packages are unsigned.
central configuration
and
./.rhnpushrc
), which are in turn used before those in
).
rhnpush
file is installed
upon its initial use.
) take prece-
./.rhnpushrc
command:
rhnpush
rhnpush
ls
in