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8.1.3. Included Features

The following features are included in the UNIX support service level as they exist within
RHN:
A Provisioning feature called Remote Command that enables users to schedule root-level
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commands on any managed client through the Satellite's website, if the client allows this
action
All Management-level functionality, such as system grouping, package profile compari-
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son, and use of the System Set Manager to administer multiple systems at once
The
• rhn_check
scheduled from the server
The Red Hat Network Service Daemon (
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ing to a configurable interval
The Red Hat Network Configuration Client (
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configuration actions scheduled from the Satellite
The Red Hat Network Configuration Manager (
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command line administration of RHN configuration channels

8.1.4. Differences in Functionality

The following RHN features work differently in a UNIX environment:
The Red Hat Update Agent for UNIX offers a much smaller set of options than its
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Linux counterpart and relies upon the operating system's native toolset for package in-
stallation, rather than
for the precise list of options
The RHN Push application has been similarly modified to upload native UNIX file
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types, including packages, patches, and patch clusters.
Since Solaris package, patch and patch cluster files are different from rpm files, the chan-
nel upload mechanism is somewhat different.There are two applications in the
package for Solaris:
The first,
solaris2mpm
neutral format for describing package data.
A usage example:
% solaris2mpm RHATrpush-3.1.5-21.pkg RHATrpush-3.1.5-23.pkg
Opening archive, this may take a while
Writing out RHATrpush-3.1.5-21.sparc-solaris.mpm
Opening archive, this may take a while
Writing out RHATrpush-3.1.5-23.sparc-solaris.mpm
program, which checks in with the Satellite and performs any actions
- Refer to Section 8.4.2.2 Updating From the Command Line
rpm
, creates an "
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), which triggers
rhnsd
rhncfg-client
rhncfg-manager
" file that
mpm rhnpush
rhn_check
), which executes all
), which allows
uploads. " " is basically a
mpm
accord-
rhnpush