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Chapter 4. Custom Channel and Package Management
an Organization Administrator or a Channel Administrator. Second, the Globally Sub-
scribable checkbox on the Details tab must be unchecked, thereby making the channel
subscribable by user. On this tab, select the checkboxes of the users to be allowed to sub-
scribe systems to this channel and click Update. Note that Organization Administrators
and Channel Administrators automatically have subscription access to all channels.
Managers — Lists users who have management permissions to the custom channel.
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This tab appears for Organization Administrators and Channel Administrators. Select
the checkboxes of the users to be allowed full administration of this channel and click
Update. This status does not enable the user to create new channels. Note that Organiza-
tion Administrators and Channel Administrators automatically have management access
to all channels.
Errata — Provides the errata associated with each of your custom channels. Just as Red
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Hat Network produces and delivers errata updates to Red Hat Enterprise Linux software,
you deliver errata updates to your custom channels as part of updating your servers with
the latest code. This tab contains subtabs that allow you to view, add, remove, and clone
erratum: List/Remove, Add and Clone. Note that cloning errata can be done only via
RHN Satellite Server.
List/Remove — Displays all of the errata currently associated with the custom chan-
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nel and provides a means to cancel that association. To remove errata from the chan-
nel, select their checkboxes and click Remove Errata on the bottom right-hand cor-
ner of the page. A confirmation page appears listing the errata to be removed. Click
Confirm to complete the action.
Add — Enables the addition of errata to the channel. All of the errata potentially
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applicable to the channel are listed. To add errata to the channel, select the appropriate
checkboxes and click Add Errata. Refer to Chapter 5 Custom Errata Management
for a discussion of errata management.
Clone — Allows Satellite customers to replicate errata and associated packages for a
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cloned channel. This subtab immediately appears populated for channels that were
cloned with either the original state or select errata option. The Clone tab also gains
errata whenever one is issued for the target (that is, originating) channel. This
makes it useful for channels cloned with the current state option, as well. Refer to
Section 4.7 Cloning Software Channels for a discussion of cloning options.
To include errata from the target channel in the cloned channel, select either Merge
or Clone from each advisory's dropdown menu. The Merge option exists only if the
erratum has been previously cloned. Use it to associate the erratum across channels
and avoid duplicate entries. Use the Clone option to create a new entry, such as when
modifying it from the previous clone.
By default, cloned errata inherit the label of the original Red Hat advisory with the
"RH" prefix replaced with "CL". For example, RHSA-2003:324 becomes CLSA-
2003:324. Subsequent clones of the same advisory have their second letters sequenced
to denote their order, such as "CM" and "CN". These labels can be altered through the
Managed Errata Details page. Refer to Section 5.2 Managed Errata Details for in-
structions.
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